" On Tuesday a turtle of an enormous size and singular form and marks was taken with a harpoon, by Mr. Bleecker and some others, near New Ilochelle. His length is eight feet from fin to fin, and seven feet three inches from stem to stern. He is snotted under the fore fins like a leopard, and discovered amazing swiftness after beiiig struck by the harpoon. He had been seen among the rocks in the neighbourhood of New Rochelle, but was not known till just before his capture to be a turtle. What a noble repast would this prove to the Blow-bladder street fraternity in London, for he is found to be upwards of 800 cwt."^

» This method will apply to the above named species, also to the broad bill (Fuligula Marila, Linn.) black duck, (Anas Obscura, Linn.) golden or whistler, (Fuligula Albeola, Wil.) the biifFel head or dipper, (Anas Albeola, Linn.) and the pin-tail, (Anas Acuta, Linn.)

b Rivington's Gazette, N. Y. 1773. . -

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In the vicinity of New Rocbelle the waters of the Sound are studded with numerous islands, which add much to the beauty of the surrounding scenery. The opposite shore of Long Island also, forms another charming addition to the landscape, sprinkled as it is, in all directions, by neat farm houses and villages.

*'The Sound ! Oh ! how many delightful reminiscences does the name bring to our recollection. The Sound ! with its white sand banks, and its wooded shores, its far broad bosom covered with fleets of sails, scudding along in the swift breeze in the open day, and its dark waves roiling and sweeping in whole streams of phosphorescent fire from their plunging bows, as they dash through it in the darkness of midnight.