CHAP. VIII.-How these singular barbarians turned out to be notorious squat- ters. How they built air castles, and attempted to initiate the Neder- landers in the mystery of bundling 185
CHAP. IX. Of the folly of being happy in the time of prosperity-Of troubles to the South brought on by annexation-Of the secret expedition of Jansen Alpendam, and his magnificent reward 237
CHAP. I.-In which the death of a great man is shown to be no very inconso- lable matter of sorrow--and how Peter Stuyvesant acquired a great name from the uncommon strength of his head