90 THE NEW-YORK HISTORICAL SOCIETY during the seven years of warfare, and their castaway debris accumulated in considerable quantities. In a number of their abandoned hut sites the crockery or glass vessels which had been in use prior to their abandonment were found lying on the floor, usually fractured, but in some cases so nearly complete as to permit of reconstruction. It appeared on first consideration that there would be little in these fragmentary materials, and even in those which could be patched up into more or less complete vessels, to attract public attention and evoke the interest of visitors to public museums. But the contrary proved to be the case. Many visitors have exhibited a lively interest in these objects, and have made inquiries as to their original places and dates of manufacture, and some have brought their own ceramic possessions for the purpose of comparison. Trays of broken fragments were placed in a glass case with a card describing the ware, its date and origin, over which it is a common sight to find visitors, both young and old, interestedly poring. The preservation of these historic relics has, therefore, proved worth while, and the following description of the different wares brought to light is presented not only as an addition to our information upon the circumstances and taste of our predecessors, and of the life of the soldiery of the Revolution, but as a modest contribution to admirers and collectors of ceramics. I Porcelain Oriental porcelain is not infrequent in the military rubbish, chiefly in the form of teacups and saucers. A fluted teacup of delicate character was recovered from the camp site at Richmond, Staten Island, and is illustrated in Fig. 2. An octagonal plate of choice design was found in an officer's hut on Payson Avenue near Bolton Road. It is quite similar to that numbered 6 in Fig. 1. The lower part of a Canton porcelain vessel was found in Fort Washington. It is the base of an oblong eight-sided vegetable dish finely colored and glazed. The handle is in the form of the head of a bull. Only a fragment, too, was caught in the sifter, of a hard-paste porcelain saucer, the design of which in blue,