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any kind. The yellow gravel is a feature of the neighboring hills. 
The butternut trees grow in this sand near the brook, and at the 
present time about ten full grown and a few small ones are standing. 
A tree leaning over the brook, and to which fence rails have been 
nailed, measures, at about a yard from the ground, five feet one inch 
in circumference, and several of the others are nearly as large. They 
are well known to the people in the vicinity, and one old woman said 
she had gathered a half a bushel of the nuts last Fall. Further along 
the brook, when the character of the soil changes, boulders and the 
usual red drift material prevailing, none of the trees were observed. 
A colloquy held with a negro elicited the information that he had 
found one or two trees, years ago, in the woods, so they may be dis- 
tributed sparingly over the adjacent territory. As might be expected 
from their character, these sandy fields were favorites with the Indians, 
and many of their implements are to be found there. Also, it may not 
be inappropriate to mention this locality as a new one for the yellow 
pine {Finns mitts), a few trees growing on the neighboring hills, prin- 
cipally in the groves of Finns inops. Of the latter trees there is one 
clump in particular that deserves to be recorded, on account of the 
size, number and beauty of the trees, which have grown close together. 
Mr. Jas. Raymond presented an Indian axe, found during some 
excavating on the old Dongan estate at West New Brighton. Also 
two net sinkers from Tottenville. Mr. Davis presented a hammer- 
stone from the locality above mentioned, near Sandy Brook, and Mr. 
Hollick reported finding a similar implement and some pottery at the 
same locality. Dr. Britton showed a skin scraper, found near the 
Vanderbilt Mausoleum, and two arrow heads from Mariners' Harbor. 
Also specimens of stilbite, from the upper Graniteville trap quarry — a 
mineral new to the Island. 
May 9th, 1889.— A communication was read from Mr. Joseph C. 
Thompson, noting the capture of a twenty-one pound snapping turtle 
on the south side of the Island. It was two feet nine inches in length, 
with a carapace measuring fourteen inches in lateral and ten inches in 
transverse diameter. 
A specimen of Labia minor, a species of earwig new to the Island, 
also captured by Mr. Thompson, was shown by Mr. Wm. T. Davis. 
It is found in New England, and occurs commonly in Europe. 
Dr- N. L. Britton presented the celt or skin scraper, shown at the 
last meeting, with the following memorandum : The implement was 
found by Mr. Booth Davy, assistant superintendent of the Moravian 
Cemetery, near the Vanderbilt Mausoleum, about eighteen inches be- 
