Lawrence ; but before losing its identity in the surging waters of the North Atlantic, it laves the frowning cliflfs of Quebec, thus forming a shimmering and living band, which unites for all time the valley of the Holy Lake and the Plains of Abraham ; those two eventful spots where the French dominion received its first check and final overthrow, thus placing, in the end, the North American Continent forever under the progressive control of the Anglo-Saxon race.

REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON MARKING HISTORICAL SPOTS.

To the Members of the New York State Historical Association : At a meeting of the Committee on Marking Historical Spots, held September 9th, 1904, Dr. Williams was made Chairman and Mr, Holden Secretary of the Committee. After discussion of the matter, it was voted to mark during 1905, or as soon as possible thereafter, the following spots of the greatest historical interest, viz., " Half- Way Brook, including Fort Amherst," " Bloody Pond," " the Burgoyne Headquarters at Sandy Hill," and the " Old Fort at Fort Edward." Judge Ingalsbe was made a committee on the old " Burgoyne House," Mr. Wing a committee on old " Fort Edward," and the matter of providing suitable inscriptions for " Half-Way Brook " and " Bloody Pond " was left to Dr. Williams and Mr. Holden with power. A site for the marker at Half-Way Brook having been decided on at the intersection of Glen Street and Glenw'ood Avenue, on the road to Lake George, a glacial bowlder as a base for the tablet was placed in position there through the kindness and generosity of Henry Crandall, Glens Falls. A legal title to the spot was obtained, and the tablet ordered from W. J. Scales, Glens Falls. In October, 1905, the tablet was erected. It consists of a dull, natural finish plate of bronze, and bears the following inscription : HALF-WAY BROOK.