22 WINTER SKETCHES. 



a very low price. But after they had been 

 bought there was an immediate sanitary im- 

 provement, and they are now perfectly healthy, 

 and are held at a high price. 



Riding through the pretty county town of 

 White Plains over fine macadamized roads, 

 bordered by many attractive residences, we 

 came to Port Chester, where we fed our horses 

 and dined, my companion, who had accompa- 

 nied me thus far, to my great regret returning 

 to Irvington. 



I was now upon the old stage road running 

 closely by the side of the railway, but rising 

 frequently over the hills from which far more 

 extensive views of the Sound could be obtained 

 than from the windows of the cars. There is a 

 succession of large towns, villages, and country- 

 houses that have all sprung into life since the 

 days of the old stage-coach. The traveller of 

 those times would recognize nothing now ex- 

 cept the waters beyond the shore, and even 

 these are covered by craft which to his eyes 

 would seem strange as compared with the tiny 

 sloops that then answered all the purposes of 

 traffic between the embryo cities of New York 

 and Boston. Least of all would he understand 

 the meaning of those tall poles crossed at their 



