the north side of shelter island ten days before the man who sold him the property fell off his horse and died. some things are lucky. now, he had paid this man, sylvester deering, who grew up in this house, he paid him $750. huge amount of money. we till don't know -- we still don't know how in his earnings as a hireling slave which happened quite frequently in the north by 1800 which is when he would have started amazing all this money -- amassing all this money, we still don't know how he made it. but the creek, who knows where second bridge is? raise your hands. raise your hands, okay. the lane runs across second bridge up there, and just beyond it is the most beautiful piece of land on the island, i think. it has the most beautiful view of the harbor and where fanning's land was, those acres, looking right out at the harbor. that is land that would cause a a -- that would cost, as a reputable real estate dealer said today, $7.5 million. alas, fanning's daughter sold that land. she did not have the learning, the education or the stature to realize that she should hang on to that property and pass it to a member of her family. so two very handsome, white-pil