Upon this, the brigade was ordered to halt, the whole to prime and load, and the rear regiment to file off by the left, and march briskly to reinforce the Americans at the pass, at the head of the creek. At this instant Gen. Washington cam-e up, and having inqnired of our general the slate of things, ordered him to return immediately and have his division formed ready fir action, and to take such a position as might appear best calculated to oppose the enemy, should they attempt to land another body of troops on Morrisanta, which he thought not improbable. Our general immediately obeyed the order.

" The wind was now fresh at south-west. The British crossed to the other side of Frog's neck, embarked on board their boats crossed over the cove, and landed on Pell's neck."*

Throckmorton's point is likewise remarkable as the place where the tides meet in the Sound. Directly opposite are the famous stepping' slones, a number of rocks which project in a line from the Long Island shore, and show their bare tops at low water. "An Indian origin (says Judge Benson) is asserted for this name, and a tradition vouched as the authority." "It is said, that at a certain time, doubtless some years ago, the evil spirit set up a claim against the Indians, t6> Connecticut, as his peculiar domain ; but they being in possession, determined, of course, to try to hold it. By Connecticut, the premises in question, is to be understood, the original Connecticut prope?, the territory between the oblong-, our eastern boundary in that quarter, and the Sound." The surfi^ces of Conneclicul and Long Island, were then the reverse of what they are now. Long Island was covered with rocks, Connecticut was free from them.