there ; this done, there need be no dread of the further progress of the English on that side, and the North river, whence most of the peltries are brought down, would also be protected. The North river is about eight leagues west of the East river at Greenwich. 4th. Long Island which extends in length from the heights opposite Staten Island, is washed on the south side by the Great Ocean ; on the north, by the East river, which divides it from New Amsterdam and the aforementioned lands. It is full thirty leagues long from the west to

the northeastern point, and at the west end and further eastward 4, 8, 12 and 15 leagues 2,

broad. It is the levelest and finest soil in New Netherland very well adapted for agriculture ;

and the rearing of all sorts of cattle; furnished with beautiful valleys, navigable harbors, rivers and bays, the chief of which are Hempstead bay, Martin Gerritsen's bay. Oyster bay, the Cromme gouw,' being a considerable inland sea,^ (Iwhose shores are inhabited by Indians,) and inwhich are various other fair and fertile islands. The greatest part of the Wampum, for which the furs are traded, is manufactured there by the Natives. The English of the Colony of New Haven settled two villages at the bight of the aforesaid inland sea, about three leagues from the East point of said Island ; one called Southampton, containing about 10 @^ 12 houses, [the other] Southold, about 30 houses. The undernamed towns are planted on said Island, and are all under the jurisdiction of their High Mightinesses the Lords States General of the United Netherlands, viz' Hemsteede, Gravesend, Flushing, Amersfoort, and Breukelen, with divers bouweries and plantations. The further progress of the English on Long Island would, in my opinion, under correction be prevented and estopped, without the settlement of the boundary, by the following means: