silver, china, and relics of the past, now distributed among the family, and which had come down from many historical forbears.  The oldest article was a pewter “great flagon” some fourteen inches high, bearing the date stamp of Henry VIII and having on its cover a large embossed fleur-de-lys such as pewterers were ordered by Henry VIII in 1543 to put upon the covers of all great flagons.  This is one of the rarest existing pieces of English pewter, and has no known duplicate.  In the Manoir of Lacolle it worthily represented the sixteenth century.  The seventeenth was represented by a set of “Late Spanish” Dutch chairs, one of which is now owned by a descendant of the Schuylers in Montreal.  The set had been inherited by old Mrs. Ten Eyck Schuyler from her great-grand-mother, a Visscher.  Of the eighteenth century was the quaint hooded mahogany family cradle; a clawfoot Chippendale desk of red mahogany; a Sheraton card-table, an octagonal table, one or two shield-back chairs,—­all of carved mahogany and of different sets; a handsome spindle-legged bow-front Heppelwhite sideboard, several old portraits, and much silver coming from General Fisher and other relatives, and other objects, including at one time various uniforms, a pair of pistols and a field-chest of General Schuyler the gold watch and despatches of General Fisher, and other such articles. (In fact the pieces mentioned were but a small remnant of those which had been brought to the house in 1825).  Of Empire period were many fine furniture pieces, several silkwork pictures, fiddle and grand-father clocks, etc., while naturally the early Victorian, and all modern changes, were duly represented.  In the cabinets were rare collections of various sorts largely brought together by the late Mrs. Mary Averill Hoyle, the last co-Seigneuresse, who died early in 1914, and whose gracious hospitality and accomplishments seemed part of the place.  Naturally the old Manoir was a delightful spot to visit, either in summer or winter.