On that subject it contains as many lies as lines as we are informed by the ;

Minister and others who have read it; and from our time to his, as few facts as leaves. It is to be embellished with an oil painting. We shall not question what sort of birds are in the woods, nor what species offish resort the rivers here; nor the length and breadth of the land. All tins is more copy, and has been long ago described by others. It may, indeed, be asked,

how it comes that the Director can so aptly describe all localities and the nature of the

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animals, since his Honor in the six or seven years he has been residing at the Manhatans, has never been, in this country, farther from his iiitchen and bedchamber than half way up the aforesaid Island. But laying all the preceding aside, we shall still have to inquire, namely -- Were we not at peace with all those surrounding Indians on the 24"" February, 1643, at the time, we say,

when the Director kept Shrovetide with three of his cronies at one of their houses, on which occasion Jan Dam proposed a mysterious toast, and a few days after which, this accursed deed was executed by the murder of so many innocent Indians at Pavonia and at the Manatans. Should we relate all the circumstances that have occurred in this country in six (^ seven years, time would fail us, and the perusal would fatigue your Honors. But with your permission we shall postpone it to a more appropriate time. Honored Lords ! This is what we have, in the sorrow of our hearts, to complain of; that one man, who has been sent out, sworn and instructed by his Lords and masters, to whom he is responsible, should dispose here of our lives and properties at his will and pleasure, in a manner so arbitrary that a King dare not legally do the like.