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below the surface level of Ronkonkama, rises very suddenly, or is 

 very soon made up from what may be called a small surface of wet 

 ground, a beautiful stream, which being fed by innumerable springs, 

 soon becomes large, and flows southerly through the woods and 

 swamps, a distance of about eight miles, into the Great South Bay. 

 This, called Connetquot Brook, is thought by many to be the subter- 

 ranean outlet of Ronkonkama Pond. 



There is in the Hempstead plains about 17,000 acres of upland, 

 or upon the plains, exclusive of the marshes, meadow, and low 

 grounds, proper, in the towns of North Hempstead and Hempstead, 

 now wholly uncultivated and unoccupied, and this too within, by 

 the railroad, a little more than one hour's ride from New-York city: 

 and almost the entire surface of this tract of land can be cultivated 

 without any difficulty or secret, notwithstanding opinions to the con- 

 trary. Remove the difficulty above the soil, of title, and there will 

 remain none either in or beneath it. 



The number of cultivated or uncultivated acres in Suffolk county 

 is as follows ; 



Jlcres. 



In Islip, unimproved, •* - - - 63,984 



improved, 8,0 16 



In Smithtown, unimproved, 27,063 



improved, 10,937 



In Brookhaven, unimproved, 1 17,359 



improved, 35, 14 1 



In Southampton, unimproved, - 68,395 



improved, - -23,105 



^ In Easthampton, unimproved, - — - — 52,673 



improved, 17,827 



In Shelter Island, unimproved, --- 5,165 



improved, 4,836 



In Riverhead, unimproved, --- - 25,198 



improved, 12,302 



In Southold, unimproved, • - 29,149 



improved, --- 23,351 



Huntington, unimproved, --..-- 50,968 



improved, 32,532 



218,000 449,953 

 The population in 1845, was 34,579. 



