Barrels, placed on an end, furnished the tables.

The chairs were logs of wood.

Undoubtedly in many of these humble homes more true happiness was found than is now experienced in some of the palatial mansions which grace the gorgeous avenues of the city.

About this time three ships arrived, containing a large number of families with farming implements, and over a hundred head of cattle.

To prevent the cattle from being lost in the woods, they were pastured on Governor's, then called Nutten's Island.
And now the tide of emigration began pretty rapidly to increase.