August is perhaps the perfect time to field something like this.

A person called me from up north on Lake George with a question that all of you no doubt will like to sink your teeth into (pardon the pun, which will become evident in a miniute...).

He wondered on the derivation of "Anthony's Nose"(s), applied to prominent cliffs, the one on Lake George and the other down the Hudson, and the tale that General "Mad" Anthony Wayne, while lost in the wilderness, cut off his own nose to eat to keep from starving (get the pun now?).

OK, that's it...... all replies will be, by their nature, interesting.

Philip Lord, Jr.
Director, Division of Museum Services
New York State Museum
Albany, NY
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