What Manhattan Inland Was

Ncvtr say Muuhattaii lsland wben yon ],.ían theislaudof Manhattan. The briefer term was properly applied in sneh a way tbat now it canoot bc applied at all. The place that bore it is do longer discernible. Manhattan lsland was a kiioll abont au acre in extent which lay uear Corleara Hook, surroumled by marahes and partly snbmerged by higli tides. Later on it becanie the center of a place which did na noble service, but again has been obliterated, save for the lingering nicknaine of Drydock Village. Here were built most of our ships in the days when no one coüld build them quite as veil as