It has been stated that oyster-shells were to be seen upon the island, but of course they may have been carried there in the extension of its area. By this means the path left the Island of Manhattan. Only those who were ferried over on the backs of others, passed on their way dry of foot, unless perchance at times a dugout may have served the purpose of a ferry.

When the tides were high there was often a long delay for travelers, INDIAN NOTES Q W < >> O -Q tr ^ >■ 5? m 3 > a SI SO Z 0) Q x( — rt DC g m jo a S3 < *r a -5 Q © <! £1.,,/;;.gyr >;:- which may account for traces of meals in small shell-deposits on the south side of the creek, and others on the opposite side of the stream on the sloping shore of the Island of Paparinemin. T IV.— PATHS IN THE BRONX (Maps VI, and VII, A, B, C, D) HE low land above Spuyten Duyvil creek at the Wading place, was the island Paparinemin, which was formed by the Mosholu, known later as Tippett's brook, on the west, and on the other side by a marshy tract through which meandered a small watercourse, fed by brooks from the steep hillside on which modern Kingsbridge is now situated..