Here it turned sharply to the east, passing diagonally across Madison Square to 26th street at Madison avenue, the reason for this divergence being a convenient crossing over the head of a brook between two areas of marshy land at that point (see Map II). From this crossing it continued eastwardly over Madison avenue at 26th street, and thence diagonally toFourth avenue at 28th street. Its east side touched Lexington avenue at 30th street, where it turned north and ran parallel with Lexington avenue through the lots on its west side, It then passed easterly across Lexington avenue between 37th and 39th streets, and diagonally east over to Third avenue at 44th street. It next took a sharp loop westward between 48th and 51st streets, on its diagonal way from Third to Second

avenues, which latter it reached at 52d street.

AND MONOGRAPHS

66 INDIAN PATHS In a statement made by John Randel, 9 the surveyor, he describes the course of this old post-road, as it lay in 1808-10, in some detail:

"It crossed the 4th avenue at the Middle Road near 29th street, and passed through the Village of Kips bay from 32nd to 38th street west of 3rd avenue. It thence passed the Cross road to Burr's corners (on the Middle road opposite the present Croton Reservoir) at 41st street, and the road to Turtle bay on the East River between 47th and 48th streets; thence crossed the 2nd avenue at 52nd street, and, recrossing it between 62nd and 63rd streets, entered the present 3rd avenue at the southeast corner of Hamilton Square, which extended from 66th to 68th street, and from 3rd to 5th avenues. "This road continued thence along the present Third avenue, passing Harsen's crossroad at 71st street and east of Smith's tavern opposite "Kissing Bridge" at 77th street.