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elevation. Three miles below Milford— 
reached either by the river road or an 
interior mountain road—are the Falls of 
_ Raymondskill. A mile above the junc- 
tion of the Raymondskill Creek with the 
Delaware, its waters, after numerous falls 
of from to twenty feet, rash down a slop- 
ing, jagged ledge of rock a hundred feet, 
not one continuous fall, but in a series of 
confused tumbles, the water being lashed 
and beaten into a mass of dashing foam. 
Besides these, the Bridal Veil and hun- 
dreds of other popular retreats are to be 
met with on the Sawkill and Raymonds- 
kill, while the Vandermarck Creek, Deep 
Brook, and other streams present their 
share of beauties to the lover of the wild 
and sublime. All these streams are fa- 
mous trout brooks, of which there are 
several others within a few miles of Mil- 
ford. The Delaware River for a mile in 
front of Milford widens into a still, deep, 
eddying body of water, more like a lake 
than a river. A finer place for fishing 
or boating does not exist. During the 
black bass season, this part of the river 
is covered with the boats of those who 
love this most exciting piscatorial sport. 
Thousands of bass are taken annually at 
Milford, the fishing seeming to get bet- 
ter every year. Sportsmen can obtain 
bait, boats, and attendants at any time 
in the village of “ Gov.” Nyce, John 
Slack, Ed. Loreaux, John Hans, and 
others. Their terms are from $1.50 to 
$3 a day, according to services required, 
There are many mountain lakes of great 
beauty in the vicinity of Milford, all well 
stocked with pickerel and other choice 
fish, among which may be mentionéd the 
Sawkill, Little and Big Brink, the two 
Log Tavern, and the two Walker ponds. 
Excursions to these lakes are popular pas- 
times of the Summer season. The hotel 
and boarding-house accommodations are 
ample and of the best. The terms are 
from $8 to $15 aweek. J.J. Ryman’s. 
Maple Cottage is but two minutes’ walk 
from Sawkill Glen. Everything pertain- 
ing to the cottage is homelike, and adapt- 
ed to those seeking true rural ease and 
quiet. The rooms are large and well ven- 
tilated. Lovers of hunting and fishing 
will find in the proprieptor a congenial 
fellow sportsman, who is ready at all 
times to accompany them, and furnish 
all necessary equipments. For the ac- 
commodations offered, his terms are re- 
markably low, for which address him as 
above. 
It is an easy and delightful drive of 
two hours from Port Jervis to Ding- 
man’s Ferry; easy, because the road is so 
wonderfully lard and smooth; and de- 
lightful, because attended with so many 
varying charms. There is excellent hunt- 
ing and fishing throughout the entire sec- 
tion. Quail, woodcock, ruffed grouse, rab- 
bits, and squirrels are abundant; in the 
mountains deer and bears are quite nu- 
merous. Every stream, pond, or lake has 
an abundant supply of either trout, black 
bass, or pickerel. Dingman’s Ferry is 
in the centre of a “wonder land.” The 
endless chain of mountains that hems it _ 
about is traversed by streams of consid- 
erable size, which, rising in the highlands 
of the “ back country,” are literally hurl- 
ed and tumbled over precipices and ob- 
structing rocks, from the time they leave 
the parent springs until they reach the 
level of the valley a thousand feet be- 
low. They have worn deep ravines and 
curious chambers in the rocks; hollowed 
out, by their continuous falling, basins 
that are all but bottomless, where the 
waters seethe and boil, and the stoutest 
of heart and surest of step only dare ven- 
ture, and flow through chasms to the 
bottom of which the sun has never cast 
