Thus the territory retained by Connecticut on the Sound was formally marked off without delay; but the "equivalent tract" or "Oblong" to which New York was entitled was not apportioned upon that occasion, although its approximate width was calculated and indicated by the surveyors. The new boundary, while accepted by the two provinces, did not receive ratification in England, probably because no special attention was paid to the matter; and the lack of such ratification enabled Connecticut, after the revolt of Kye and Bedford, to contend that the whole arrangement was without legal effect, and to insist that it be passed upon by the king before it could be considered binding. It was accordingly taken to King William for final decision, who in March, 1700, confirmed it, ordering Eye and Bedford to return to the jurisdiction of New York; and on the 10th of October following the two towns were, by the legislature of Connecticut, absolved from all allegiance to that colony. So far as the political status of Eye and Bedford was concerned, this forever ended all doubt on that point; but the exact location of the boundary line along each of its various sections still continued a subject of dispute, and, in fact, the controversy did not end until the present generation. The history of this dispute of two hundred years' standing may conveniently be completed in the present connection. We quote from the excellent summary of it given in the Eev. Mr. Baird's " History of Eye " : After various failures to effect a settlement, New York and Connecticut selected commissioners, who met at Rye in April, 1725, and began the work of marking the boundary. They started at " the Great Stone at the Wading-place," which had been designated as the as that of 1C8-L-, point of beginning forty-one years before.