WATKINS  , a

village and the county-seat of Schuyler county, New York, U.S.A., at the head (south end) of Seneca Lake, about 22 M . N.N.W. of Elmira . Pop . (189o) 2604; (1900) 2943; (1905) 2957; (1910) 2817 . Watkins is served by the New York Central & Hudson River, the Northern Central (Pennsylvania) and the Lehigh Valley railways, by an electric line to Elmira and by a steamer line on the lake . There are mineral springs, whose waters, notably those of an iodo-bromated brine spring, are used in bath treatment for rheumatism, gout, heart, kidney and liver diseases, &c . Partly within the village limits is Watkins Glen, a narrow winding gorge about 2 M. long, with walls and precipices from zoo to 300 ft. high, through which flows a small stream, forming many falls, cascades and pools . The Glen property, about 103 acres, was opened as an excursion resort in 1863, and in 1906 was made a free state reservation or park and was placed in the custody of the American Scenic and Historic Preservation Society . About 3 M . S.E. is Havana Glen, about 14 m. long . The first settlement here was made in 1788, and Watkins was incorporated as a village in 1842 .