[E.B. O'Callaghan (ed.) (1856)] That paper relates that iNew Netherland was casually discovered in the year JG09; that the Netherlanders were the first finders and occupiers thereof; that the English came to those parts, for the first time, some years after due possession had been taken thereof by the Dutch; that the former had been protested against, from time to time, and that they had continued to advance by force, and not of right, &c. But in order to be more precise, we shall say a word generally of the progress of the affair. 'Tis, then, thus : — The English remarking from time to time more closely and particularly that the lands within the territory of New Netherland were much better and more fertile than those in New England; and perceiving, at the same time, that they lay mostly vacant and were taken possession of merely by setting up arms and a fort here and there, took occasion in consequence to creep gradually nearer to us, and first to come around Staten hook or Cape Cod, through Rhode Island, afterwards to occupy the Fresh river, and finally the Red Mountain^ or New Haven, with the adjacent places and villages; but they were never peaceable possessors, and it was always admitted that the boundary must be determined, and that this must be by superior autiiority; as is to be seen in the last instruction given conjointly to the Director and Council.