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relatioD thereto, and will also show how essential this section of 

 land is to the integrity of the park plan. The failure referred 

 to, was owing mainly to a reluctance on the part of the Legis- 

 lature to involve the city in the expense of the purchase of this 

 piece of property, unless the necessity of its acquisition Mas 

 clearly apparent, at a time when the credit of city bonds had 

 not fully recovered from the shock temporarily sustained by 

 the pressure of an immense war debt. The consummation of 

 this purchase was consequently deterred to a more favorable 

 opportunity, being reserved for the action of a subsequent 

 Legislature. 



Mature reflection has confirmed the deliberate judgment of 

 the Commissioners as to the eminent propriety, if not the actual 

 necessity, of making this addition to the park. Nor do they 

 perceive that the financial objection exists any longer. They 

 are satisfied in fact, that good economy requires that no further 

 time should be lost in its acquisition, and they therefore pro- 

 pose to renew at the present session of the Legislature the ap- 

 plication for permission to annex the land in question. 



The Legislature, it is understood, has placed the parade 

 ground, which was recently provided for the military of Kings 

 County, at the expense of the county, under the care and man- 

 agement of the Commissioners of the Park, and Commissioners 

 appointed by the Supreme Court are now engaged in estimat- 

 ing the value of the property. The laud selected for the pur- 

 pose consists of forty acres admirably adapted for military dis- 

 plays, and lies immediately adjoining the park, on the south. 

 A parade will show to great advantage from the adjacent hills 

 in the park, and will add much to its attraction ; while the 

 land itself, by judicious management, can, not only be tastefully 

 laid out and planted, but will virtually add a new section to 

 park territory. 



Several interesting relics have recently been developed upon 

 the Revolutionary battle-field, which constitutes a portion of 

 the park. Balls and bones are frequently turned up by the 

 workmen, in the progress of their excavations, marking the 

 spot where once the tide of battle surged. The little bluff on 

 the east, commauding the Flatbush and old Port roads at their 

 junction in the Yalley Grove, was the site of a small two-gun 

 battery, which enfiladed the former road, up which the Hessians 



