The entire harbor includes the Hudson and East rivers and the upper and lower New York Bay with the connecting strait known as The Narrows. The upper bay, New York's real harbor, can be entered from the ocean in three ways--a narrow winding channel around Staten Island, a northeast entrance through Long Island Sound and the East River, and an entrance through The Narrows from the lower bay. [Illustration: A GREAT OCEAN LINER] Among the islands in the upper bay is Ellis Island, where immigrants are inspected before being allowed to enter our country. On another island stands the splendid bronze statue of "Liberty Enlightening the World," given to the United States by the people of France. It is now America's greeting to her future citizens as they sail up the harbor. [Illustration: NEW YORK HARBOR] What a different picture the harbor presents to-day from the one Hudson saw over three hundred years ago! The quiet undisturbed waters of that time are now alive the year around with craft of every sort, from the giant ocean liner to the graceful sailboat. Vessels freighted with merchandise, tugs towing canal boats, ferries for Staten Island, barges loaded with coal, river steamers, excursion boats, and battleships from far and near, day and night, pass in an endless procession where the solitary Indian used to glide in his silent canoe. [Illustration: THE STATUE OF LIBERTY] When the Dutch bought Manhattan it was a beautiful wooded island inhabited by Indians who supplied their simple wants by hunting and fishing. What a change the island has undergone since that time! The Indians have disappeared with the forest. In their place live and struggle vast armies of human beings gathered together from all the corners of the earth. Where squaws used to pitch their wigwams, giant skyscrapers tower up toward the clouds. The stillness of the forest has been succeeded by the noise and bustle of a busy city. The lazy monotonous life of the savage has given way to a ceaseless activity and hurry. The twenty-four dollars which bought the whole island--less than three hundred years ago--would not now buy a single square inch in the center of the city. The hunting and fishing ground of the red men has become the heart of the greatest city of the Western Hemisphere. =NEW YORK= FACTS TO REMEMBER Population (1910), nearly 5,000,000 (4,766,883). First city in population in the United States. Second city in population in the world. Divided into five sections, called boroughs. Carries on more than half the foreign trade of the United States. Leads all American cities in the value of its manufactures. One of the best harbors in the world. Connected by great railway systems with all parts of America. Connected with the Great Lakes by the Hudson River and the Erie Canal. A city of skyscrapers. Wonderful system of underground, overhead, and surface transportation.