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It
was
,
as
I
have
said
,
a
fine
autumnal
day
;
the
sky
was
clear
and
serene
,
and
nature
wore
that
rich
and
golden
livery
which
we
always
associate
with
the
idea
of
abundance
.
The
forests
had
put
on
their
sober
brown
and
yellow
,
while
some
trees
of
the
tenderer
kind
had
been
nipped
by
the
frosts
into
brilliant
dyes
of
orange
,
purple
,
and
scarlet
.
Streaming
files
of
wild
ducks
began
to
make
their
appearance
high
in
the
air
;
the
bark
of
the
squirrel
might
be
heard
from
the
groves
of
beech
and
hickory
-
nuts
,
and
the
pensive
whistle
of
the
quail
at
intervals
from
the
neighboring
stubble
field
.
The
small
birds
were
taking
their
farewell
banquets
.
In
the
fullness
of
their
revelry
,
they
fluttered
,
chirping
and
frolicking
from
bush
to
bush
,
and
tree
to
tree
,
capricious
from
the
very
profusion
and
variety
around
them
.
There
was
the
honest
cock
robin
,
the
favorite
game
of
stripling
sportsmen
,
with
its
loud
querulous
note
;
and
the
twittering
blackbirds
flying
in
sable
clouds
;
and
the
golden
-
winged
woodpecker
with
his
crimson
crest
,
his
broad
black
gorget
,
and
splendid
plumage
;
and
the
cedar
bird
,
with
its
red
-
tipt
wings
and
yellow
-
tipt
tail
and
its
little
monteiro
cap
of
feathers
;
and
the
blue
jay
,
that
noisy
coxcomb
,
in
his
gay
light
blue
coat
and
white
underclothes
,
screaming
and
chattering
,
nodding
and
bobbing
and
bowing
,
and
pretending
to
be
on
good
terms
with
every
songster
of
the
grove
.
As
Ichabod
jogged
slowly
on
his
way
,
his
eye
,
ever
open
to
every
symptom
of
culinary
abundance
,
ranged
with
delight
over
the
treasures
of
jolly
autumn
.
On
all
sides
he
beheld
vast
store
of
apples
;
some
hanging
in
oppressive
opulence
on
the
trees
;
some
gathered
into
baskets
and
barrels
for
the
market
;
others
heaped
up
in
rich
piles
for
the
cider
-
press
.
Farther
on
he
beheld
great
fields
of
Indian
corn
,
with
its
golden
ears
peeping
from
their
leafy
coverts
,
and
holding
out
the
promise
of
cakes
and
hasty
-
pudding
;
and
the
yellow
pumpkins
lying
beneath
them
,
turning
up
their
fair
round
bellies
to
the
sun
,
and
giving
ample
prospects
of
the
most
luxurious
of
pies
;
and
anon
he
passed
the
fragrant
buckwheat
fields
breathing
the
odor
of
the
beehive
,
and
as
he
beheld
them
,
soft
anticipations
stole
over
his
mind
of
dainty
slapjacks
,
well
buttered
,
and
garnished
with
honey
or
treacle
,
by
the
delicate
little
dimpled
hand
of
Katrina
Van
Tassel
.
Thus
feeding
his
mind
with
many
sweet
thoughts
and
“
sugared
suppositions
,
”
he
journeyed
along
the
sides
of
a
range
of
hills
which
look
out
upon
some
of
the
goodliest
scenes
of
the
mighty
Hudson
.
The
sun
gradually
wheeled
his
broad
disk
down
in
the
west
.
The
wide
bosom
of
the
Tappan
Zee
lay
motionless
and
glassy
,
excepting
that
here
and
there
a
gentle
undulation
waved
and
prolonged
the
blue
shadow
of
the
distant
mountain
.
A
few
amber
clouds
floated
in
the
sky
,
without
a
breath
of
air
to
move
them
.
The
horizon
was
of
a
fine
golden
tint
,
changing
gradually
into
a
pure
apple
green
,
and
from
that
into
the
deep
blue
of
the
mid
-
heaven
.
A
slanting
ray
lingered
on
the
woody
crests
of
the
precipices
that
overhung
some
parts
of
the
river
,
giving
greater
depth
to
the
dark
gray
and
purple
of
their
rocky
sides
.
A
sloop
was
loitering
in
the
distance
,
dropping
slowly
down
with
the
tide
,
her
sail
hanging
uselessly
against
the
mast
;
and
as
the
reflection
of
the
sky
gleamed
along
the
still
water
,
it
seemed
as
if
the
vessel
was
suspended
in
the
air
.
It
was
toward
evening
that
Ichabod
arrived
at
the
castle
of
the
Heer
Van
Tassel
,
which
he
found
thronged
with
the
pride
and
flower
of
the
adjacent
country
.
Old
farmers
,
a
spare
leathern
-
faced
race
,
in
homespun
coats
and
breeches
,
blue
stockings
,
huge
shoes
,
and
magnificent
pewter
buckles
.
Their
brisk
,
withered
little
dames
,
in
close
-
crimped
caps
,
long
-
waisted
short
gowns
,
homespun
petticoats
,
with
scissors
and
pincushions
,
and
gay
calico
pockets
hanging
on
the
outside
.
Buxom
lasses
,
almost
as
antiquated
as
their
mothers
,
excepting
where
a
straw
hat
,
a
fine
ribbon
,
or
perhaps
a
white
frock
,
gave
symptoms
of
city
innovation
.
The
sons
,
in
short
square
-
skirted
coats
,
with
rows
of
stupendous
brass
buttons
,
and
their
hair
generally
queued
in
the
fashion
of
the
times
,
especially
if
they
could
procure
an
eel
-
skin
for
the
purpose
,
it
being
esteemed
throughout
the
country
as
a
potent
nourisher
and
strengthener
of
the
hair
.
Brom
Bones
,
however
,
was
the
hero
of
the
scene
,
having
come
to
the
gathering
on
his
favorite
steed
Daredevil
,
a
creature
,
like
himself
,
full
of
mettle
and
mischief
,
and
which
no
one
but
himself
could
manage
.
He
was
,
in
fact
,
noted
for
preferring
vicious
animals
,
given
to
all
kinds
of
tricks
which
kept
the
rider
in
constant
risk
of
his
neck
,
for
he
held
a
tractable
,
well
-
broken
horse
as
unworthy
of
a
lad
of
spirit
.
Fain
would
I
pause
to
dwell
upon
the
world
of
charms
that
burst
upon
the
enraptured
gaze
of
my
hero
,
as
he
entered
the
state
parlor
of
Van
Tassel
’
s
mansion
.
Not
those
of
the
bevy
of
buxom
lasses
,
with
their
luxurious
display
of
red
and
white
;
but
the
ample
charms
of
a
genuine
Dutch
country
tea
-
table
,
in
the
sumptuous
time
of
autumn
.
Such
heaped
up
platters
of
cakes
of
various
and
almost
indescribable
kinds
,
known
only
to
experienced
Dutch
housewives
!
There
was
the
doughty
doughnut
,
the
tender
oly
koek
,
and
the
crisp
and
crumbling
cruller
;
sweet
cakes
and
short
cakes
,
ginger
cakes
and
honey
cakes
,
and
the
whole
family
of
cakes
.
And
then
there
were
apple
pies
,
and
peach
pies
,
and
pumpkin
pies
;
besides
slices
of
ham
and
smoked
beef
;
and
moreover
delectable
dishes
of
preserved
plums
,
and
peaches
,
and
pears
,
and
quinces
;
not
to
mention
broiled
shad
and
roasted
chickens
;
together
with
bowls
of
milk
and
cream
,
all
mingled
higgledy
-
piggledy
,
pretty
much
as
I
have
enumerated
them
,
with
the
motherly
teapot
sending
up
its
clouds
of
vapor
from
the
midst
—
Heaven
bless
the
mark
!
I
want
breath
and
time
to
discuss
this
banquet
as
it
deserves
,
and
am
too
eager
to
get
on
with
my
story
.
Happily
,
Ichabod
Crane
was
not
in
so
great
a
hurry
as
his
historian
,
but
did
ample
justice
to
every
dainty
.
