\\'hat purports to have been copied from a coiitemporury drawing of the brilliant scene, made by Sir .lames Wallace, who bad command of the Hose, on the occasion now under notice, may be seen in 7'//e Maniutl of the Corporation if the City of Sew Yorh for 1864, opposite page 672. It is underetooil to have been copied from the original drawing, in the British Museum ; and it has been re-prodnced, in perfect facsimile, but reduced in size, for the illustration of this article. i^Videpage 31)1, ante.)

What the local historian of Westchester-county possibly intended for a description of this daring attempt to destroy the ships, was in these words, taken from his description of the property of the late Elijah Ilich, near Y'onkein: "Here, in 1777, a memorable engagement took " place between the two British frig.ates, the /losc aud the I'ha'nix, which " lay off at anchor, and the gun-boats of the jiatriots which sallied out "of the harbor of Yonkers, having in tow a large tender filled with "combustibles, intending to run it alongside of the frigates. Th(i crews, " however, kept it off, by means of spars ; and a heavy fire of grape and "cannister compelled the gun-boats and their brave crews to seek shelter " in the mouth of the Saw Mill. The year previous," he continued, " General Heath had been requested by the person in command of the " fireships, to be a spectator of the burning of these vessels," quoting.