to the ocean for in this tremendous uproar of the waters we are told that many huge fragments of rock and land were rent from the mountains and swept down by this river for sixty it is a matter long since established by certain of our philosophers that is to say having been advanced and never contradicted it has grown to be pretty nigh equal to a settled fact that the was originally a lake up by the mountains of the in process of time however becoming very mighty and and the mountains and weak in the back by reason of their extreme old age it suddenly rose upon them and after a violent struggle effected its escape this is said to have come to pass in very remote time probably before that rivers had lost the art of running up hill the foregoing is a theory in which i do not pretend to be skilled notwithstanding that i do fully give it my belief an omen or seventy miles where some of them ran on the just opposite and formed the identical islands in question while others drifted out to sea and were never heard of more a sufficient proof of the fact is that the rock which forms the of these islands is exactly similar to that of the and moreover one of our philosophers who has diligently compared the agreement of their respective has even gone so far as to assure me in confidence that island was originally nothing more nor less than a on s nose leaving these wonderful little they next by governor s island since terrible from its frowning fortress and grinning they would by no means however land upon this island since they doubted much it might be the abode of and spirits which in those days did greatly abound throughout this savage and pagan country just at this time a of jolly came rolling and tumbling by turning up their sleek sides to the sun and up the element in sparkling showers no sooner did the sage mark this than he was greatly rejoiced this exclaimed he if i mistake not well � the is a fat well fish � among fishes � his looks se plenty and prosperity � i greatly admire this a in the a party of natives round fat fish and doubt not but this is a happy omen of the success of our undertaking so saying he directed his to steer in the track of these fishes turning therefore directly to the left they swept up the strait called the east river and here the rapid tide which courses through this strait seizing on the gallant tub in which van had embarked hurried it forward with a in a dutch boat by that the good who had all his life long been accustomed only to the drowsy of was more than ever convinced that they were in the hands of some supernatural power and that the jolly were them to some fair haven that was to fulfil all their wishes and expectations thus borne away by the current they doubled that boisterous point of land since called s hook and leaving to the right the rich winding of the they drifted into a magnificent expanse of water surrounded by pleasant shores whose was exceedingly refreshing to the eye while the were looking around them on what they conceived to be a serene and sunny lake they beheld at a distance a crew of painted savages busily employed in fishing who seemed more like the of this � properly i e a point of land of romantic region � their slender balanced like a feather on the surface of the bay at sight of these the hearts of the heroes of were not a little troubled but as good fortune would have it at the bow of the s boat was stationed a very man named which being interpreted me is chicken a name given him in token of his courage no sooner did he behold these than he trembled with excessive and although a good half mile distant he seized a that lay at hand and turning away his head fired it most in the face of the blessed sun the weapon and gave the an kick that laid him prostrate with uplifted heels in the bottom of the boat but such was the effect of this tremendous fire that the wild men of the woods struck with consternation seized hastily upon their and shot away into one of the deep of the long island shore this signal victory gave new spirits to the hardy and in honour of the achievement they gave the name of the to the surrounding bay and it has continued to be called s bay from that time to the present the heart of the good van � who having no land of his own was a great admirer of other people s � expanded at the prospect of rich unsettled country around him and falling into a delicious reverie he straightway began to riot in the origin of a family possession of vast meadows of salt marsh and interminable patches of from this vision he was all at once awakened by the sudden turning of the tide which would soon have hurried him from this land of promise had not the discreet given signal to steer for shore where they accordingly landed hard by the rocky heights of � that happy retreat where our jolly eat for the good of the city and the that are sacrificed on here seated on the green by the side of a small stream that ran sparkling among the grass they refreshed themselves after the toils of the seas by on the ample stores which they had provided for this perilous voyage thus having well fortified their powers they fell into an earnest consultation what was further to be done this was the first council 