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for any more, four pence apiece; and if they be driven over, 

 half as much; 



"For single cattle, as much as a horse; 



"For a boat-loading of cattle, as much as he hath for horses; 



"For droves of cattle to be driven over and opening ye 

 gates, two pence per piece; 



"For feeding of cattle, three pence in silver; 



"For feeding a horse one day or night with hay or grass, 

 six pence." 



The expression "to be driven over" refers to the use of the 

 ford instead of the boat. It must be remembered that the 

 distance across was greater then than it is now, as the sides 

 of the creek have been filled in. If any reader has ever seen 

 the tide race through the creek before the cutting of the ship 

 canal, he can easily believe that the working of the boat from 

 shore to shore was no easy task. 



The approach to the upper side of the ferry was over the 

 meadow, or marsh, already described as the island of Paparin- 

 emo, and Verveelen was obliged to stand one third of the 

 expense of building a bridge or causeway to the village of 

 Fordham. His neighbors, Betts, Tippett, and Hadden (or 

 Haddy), whose purchases of land from Elias Doughty have 

 already been noted, were more anxious to have a bridge over 

 the Bronx River, so as to get to Eastchester, which was more 

 convenient to their land. The interested parties, as well as 

 the inhabitants of Fordham, were summoned to a hearing 

 before the governor at the Fort; and after hearing all sides, 

 he decided that the causeway, being the bigger undertaking, 

 should be finished first, and then all hands should turn to and 

 help Betts, Tippett, and Hadden to build the bridge to East- 

 chester (probably the beginning of Williams's bridge), which 

 should have a fence or gate on the eastern side to keep the 



