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near the boat-landing, allow it to take as to Union Hill 

 which is on the heights beyond Hoboken. On the way up 



we get a beautiful view over the marshes of Hoboken and 

 of New York. Getting out at the little village of Union 

 Hill, where the omnibus turns off to the right, we cress 

 over to the left side of the road ; and here we find a little 

 brook that flows down the hill across the road and into 

 the Hudson River at Weehawken Bay. 



In this stream we find some useful plants, as Potamogeton 

 pusillis, water-cress and one or two others. 



In some of the quieter parts of the stream, Chara vul- 

 garis is to be found. Snails arc to be obtained here of the 

 genera Lymnca, Physu and Pla/norHs, besides a fresh-water 

 clam of the genus Cypris. In the little forest of cedar 

 trees, a short distance farther back on the other side of the 

 road to Jersey City, arc to be found several fresh-water 

 plants, as NyriophyUum, etc. 



I have obtained Anacharis Canadensis in considerable 

 quantity, along with snails and caddis-worms in a lktlc 

 stream in Jones's Wood on New York island. In the 

 stream on Union Hill tadpoles and caddis-worms can be 

 taken. It is only rarely that I have caught newts and 

 black-nosed dace there. By the Way these latter little gen- 

 tlemen are excellent for an Aquarium.. 



The large sunfish I have secured at Crystal Lake on 

 Staten Island and at Glen Cove, while at both these places 

 I have also found the small black-eared sunfish. Minnows 

 are to be caught along our coast in bays, as at Glen Cove, 

 in large quantities, and also in the Morris Canal in New 



