The boundary thus agreed upon began at the mouth of Byram River at a j^oint thirty miles from New York, and following that stream as far as the head of tide-water, or about a mile and a half from the Sound, to a certain " wading-place," where the common road crossed the stream at a rock known and described as " The Great Stone at the Wading- Place." From that stone the line was to run northwest till itshould reach apoint eight miles from the Sound; thencealine running eastward parallel to the general course of the Sound, and twelve miles in length was fixed upon.

1 Boundaries of State of New York, vol. i. p. 25.

From its termination another line, eight miles in length, was to be run in a north-northwest direction, and from the end of that line the boundary was to extend north to the Massachusetts line, with the ■'equivalent tract " included.

The boundary line thus agreed upon remained as such for many years, recognized but not legally established by the concurrent action of both States. The Legislature of Connecticut, on the 8th of May, 1684, formally approved the agreement and appointed a surve} or to lay oft' the line. In October following. Governor Dongan's officers met the surveyor of Connecticut at Stamford, and the amount of land conceded to Connecticut was ascertained, but their survey terminated with the line drawn parallel to the Sound as far as a point twenty miles from the river. Beyond this they simply indicated what they supposed would be the extent of "The Oblong" to be laid out {IS an "equivalent tract."