Let us toast our foster-father, the Republic as you know-- Who in the path of science taught us upward for to go-- And the maidens of our native land whose cheeks like roses glow, They're oft remembered in our songs, at Benny Havens--oh! _Benny Havens, West Point._ * * * _Low Point_ or _Carthage_, 4 miles above Fishkill. _Devil's Dans Kammer_, point on west bank covered with cedars. _New Hamburg_, above Low Point, on the east side. _Hampton Point_, opposite New Hamburgh. Here are the finest white cedars on the river. _Irving Grinnell's Residence, "Netherwood,"_ east bank, just distinguished through the trees. _Shawangunk Mountains_, on the west side, reach away in the distance toward the Catskills. _Marlborough_ and _Milton_, on west bank. _Locust Grove._ Home of the late Prof. S. F. B. Morse on east bank, with square central tower. _The Lookout_, a wooded hill owned by Poughkeepsie Cemetery. _Livingston Place_, now occupied by a rolling mill. _Vassar Brothers Hospital_, brick building on the hillside. _Poughkeepsie_, 74 miles from New York. _Poughkeepsie Bridge_, 12,608 feet in length. Track 212 feet above tide-water. _Mrs. John F. Winslow's Residence_, seen through opening of trees on east bank. _Hudson River State Hospital._ Large red buildings on east bank, two miles north of Poughkeepsie. _Hyde Park_, on the east side. _Residence of Frederick W. Vanderbilt_, with white marble Corinthian columns. _Manresa Institute_, large building above Crum Elbow, on west side. _A. R. Frothingham._ Grecian portico with columns. _John Burrough's_ brown stone cottage, north of Frothingham's. _The Novitiate of the Redemption Fathers_, a large new building on west bank at Esopus. _Staatsburgh, on east side._ Dock and ice houses in foreground. * * * While fashion seeks the islands Encircled by the sea, Taste finds the Hudson Highlands More beautiful to see. _George P. Morris._ * * * _D. O. Mills' Mansion_, palatial residence on the east bank above Staatsburgh. _Dinsmore's Residence_, a large building charmingly located on Dinsmore Point, east bank. _Ellerslie_, residence of Ex-Vice-President Levi P. Morton, below Rhinecliff. _Rhinecliff_, on east bank. _City of Kingston_, embraces Kingston and Rondout. _Kingston Point._ Delightful park and picnic grounds near the landing. _Old Beekman Place_, on east bank, a short distance above Rhinecliff. One of the old Revolutionary houses. _Ferncliff, Residence of John Jacob Astor._ Fine villa with pointed tower. _Out-of-Door Sports._ A large building on east bank, erected by Mr. Astor. _Garretson Place_, north of Ferncliff, on east bank. _"Leacote," Douglas Merritt's Residence_, north of Clifton Point. _Flatbush_, on west bank opposite Clifton Point. _Rokeby, Residence of late William B. Astor_, above Astor's Point. _Barrytown_, on east side. _Aspinwall Place_, north of Barrytown, formerly John R. Livingston's place.