In Trumbull’s dictionary the word 
‘“‘Ahquedne’’ is given as meaning an 
island, and, as is well known, the local 
Algonkin place-termination is ‘‘ock,’’ 
so that, by joining the two words to- 
gether we have the word ‘‘Ahquedne- 
ock,’’ the ‘‘Place of the Island.’’ cer- 
tainly not an inappropriate term for this 
locality, if our surmise is correct. 
It is interesting to those who claim 
that the name of the locality known as 
‘‘Watchogue”’ is of indian origin, and 
not as the inhabitants of modern days 
would have us believe, a misspelled 
English nick-name, that Mr. Wm. 
Wallace Tooker, in a recent number of 
the ‘‘Journal of Amcrican Folk Lore,’’ 
in an article dealing with some of the 
indian names for mountains and hills 
in New England, states that the name 
‘“‘Wochogue,’’ is a frequent one on 
Long Island for a slightly hilly region 
in an otherwise level country. In the 
Natick dictionary the kindred word 
‘“‘Wadchuemes,’’ is given as, ‘‘a hill,’’ 
and ‘Wadchuwemesash”’ as ‘ ‘little 
hills."’ Watchogue is, as we all know 
a ‘country of little hills’? and sand- 
dunes, so we think that for the present 
at least the name should be regarded 
as of indian origin. 
The secretary read the following re7 
views of 
RECENT LITERATURE RELATING TO 
STATRN ISLAND. 
I. The Occurrence and Origin of Am- 
ber in the Eastern United States. Arthur 
Hollick. American Naturalist, Vol. 
xxxix (Mch.,1905), pp. 137-145, pls. i-iii. 
This paper includes an account of 
the discovery ofamber at Kreischerville, 
first recorded in our Proceedings for 
November 12th, 190+, together with a 
description of the clay beds and of the 
specimens found there. Following this 
is an account of previous records cf the 
occurrence of amber in the eastern 
United States’and a discussion regard- 
ing the probable origin of the amber. In 
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the latter connection the author notes 
that specimens found at Cape Sable, 
Maryland, were proven to have been 
derived from an extinct species of Seg- 
uoia,—the genus to which the giant 
trees of California belong,—and that 
at Kreischerville, in close association 
with the amber, are twigs and leaves 
of S. heterophylla Vel. and S. Reichen- 
bachit (Gein.) Heer, as mentioned in our 
Proceedings of January 21st, 1905. 
The illustrations include an extended 
view of the section exposed in {the An- 
drovette pit, showing the Cretaceous 
clays and sands below and the more 
recent sands and gravels lying uncon- 
formably over them; a closer view of 
the particular part of the section in 
which the amber was found; and a 
plate of figures, showing the sizes and 
characteristic shapes of thirty-four se- 
lected specimens. 
Il. A Recent Discovery of Amber on 
Staten Island. Arthur Hollick. Journal 
of the New York Botanical Garden, 
Vol. vi(Mch., 1905), pp. 45-48, figs ,14, 15. 
This is a briefer article than the one 
previously noticed, dealing with the 
same subject, and including, in part, 
the same illustrations. In fig. 14 the 
amber bed in the Androvette pit is 
shown. with the‘genial superintendent, 
Mr. John M. Dunigan, posing as a 
standard of comparison for the height 
of the section containing the bed. Fig. 
15 includes six representations of am-— 
ber specimens, which are somewhat 
better pictures than those of the same 
specimens on Plate ili of the American 
Naturalist, previously noted. 
Ill. Small Deposits of Amber found 
on Staten Island. Brooklyn Daily Eagle, 
Sunday, Aprii 2d, 1905. 
This is quite a lengthy account of the 
occurrence and uses of amber, preceed- 
ed by a reference to the recent discov- 
ery of amber at Kreischerville, appar- 
ently based upon the nctices which have 
appeared in our Proceedings or in the 
