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on May 10, 1890, in a small woodland pond near Grasmere, 
Staten Island. This incident was recorded in Entom. News 2: 77, 
April 1891, under the heading A Spider Fisherman. The spider, 
and the fish since identified by Mr. John T. Nichols as Abramis 
crysoleucas Mitchill, have been carefully preserved for over 32 
years and were shown to those present. There have not been 
many records of spiders as fishermen, and only five instances are 
recorded in the vast literature of fishes and fishing brought to- 
gether in the Bibliography of Fishes of which Doctor Gudger is 
one of the editors. 
Mr. Davis also called attention to the article on The Forests and 
Some Big Trees on Long Island, by Norman Taylor, Brooklyn 
Bowie Garden Ibe Ser, 2, Oct, 4 10922, wwaereia wae TOllhy 
of the careless destruction of the timber of the island is referred 
to, the magnificent forest growth of the protected Gardiners Is- 
land is mentioned, and some of the very large trees of both islands 
are recorded. It appears that the largest tree was a “ black walnut 
that stood until a few years ago on the William Cullen Bryant 
place at Roslyn, and was reported as twenty-nine feet in circum- 
ference.” The largest living trees of record are a sycamore 24 
ft. in circumference on the property of James N. Hill, at Wheat- 
— ley, and a white oak 19 ft. 7 in. in circumference on the farm of 
Paul Costermale, at Stony Brook. 
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March 12, 1887, some local trees of large size are mentioned, all 
of which have since been destroyed. The largest was a chestnut 
18 ft. in circumference that stood in a protected hollow just north 
of where the Old Town Road joins the Fingerboard Road. What 
remained of this tree was photographed in March 1919. The 
second in size was a spreading white oak 17 ft. 8 in. in circumfer- 
ence that stood in a field near the railroad station at Garretsons, 
now Dongan Hills; and the third a chestnut 17 ft. 6 in. in circum- 
ference that grew near the Old Town Road. ‘There is a tradi- 
tion of an enormous oak cut for ship timber at Rossville many 
years ago, on the stump of which a tall man could lie at full length. 
