CHAPTER XIII. 



Through Bergen County. — Two Revolutionary 

 Scenes. — Andre s Prophetic Lines. — A Lonely 

 Inn. — TJie Dutch Landlord aud His Family. 

 — Return to New York, 



Parting from the amiable clergyman of 

 Tappan with a high appreciation of his kind- 

 ness, I mounted Fanny again and crossed im- 

 mediately over the border line which separates 

 Rockland County of New York from Bergen 

 County of New Jersey. Schraalenberg was 

 the first village to which we came after a ride 

 of six miles, the country becoming more dis- 

 tinctly Dutch as we progressed. There were 

 numerous quaint old stone houses, many of 

 them with huge projecting stone chimneys, 

 these denoting the highest antiquity when the 

 great industry of Haverstraw and Croton had 

 not been exploited. It has been said that the 

 early settlers imported their bricks from Hol- 

 land, but I apprehend that this legend refers 

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