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CHAP. III.

Vojages and Traveds.

l.np'Hat partes the County of Lincoln that lycth towards the Sta, is a s<vn*iots>,-1 Level abour 52 Miles long, vtz. from Grimsby to Crowland • andBroad from the Sea to the Woulcls (or Highlands') 10. Jt may be Divided Chr? ' Mtueu*'first into Marft.es extending fromGrimsbfe to about JLainfleet, in which are n ' “ 3 -P- 3 «-a greatStock of Large Sheep, which yield a very I.ully Wool, or osa LargeStaple (as here phraled) 3, or 4 Fleeces usually making a Tod of z 8 Pomd.

Scveral Hundred Loads are yearly carry’d out of it mto Nortbfolk, Sujfolk ,the North, and West-Countries in great Packs (calTd Pockets) of about 2500 1 .

Weight, and there Manufactur’d.

2. te» 1 , th eEast, begins about Wainfl et, and ends at Sibjye, yielding agrrat plenty and variety of Fowl and Ftjh, particularly Daci, Mallard , andTea!, which are usually takcn in Pecojs, and scm to London. The Decoy-Mtn Contractfor them all at a certain Rate fer Dozen, which the Carriers(Kedgers) are oblig’d to take off the r Hands: T wo Teal are reckon’d equalto a Duck, which usually Cost here abour 9 - Shillings a Dozen. About Mid-jummer (when Mouhenng Time is) seyend Perlons, forne for Pleafiire,othersfor Profit, go in finali Bouts among the Reedr, and with Long Polesknock them down, they not beingable toSwim or Flyfrom them. A lü-de before Mtchaelmaß, great Flightsarrive in thesc Parts, which soon growFat. When the Decoys are Froren (which they keep open as long as poLfible, by Breaking them) the Fowl relbrt to the Sea fortheir Food. Asfor Fifti, there are great Quantitüs, efpecially Pike, forne being of a verylarge Size. The Fets abuund no leis with ^uadrupeds, as Beaßs, Sheep efpe-cially ( which will Grow Far,) and.Horfes. These Fens are Commsn, so thateachTownhath a Distinct Brand, and also each Man : There are severalFen Riders, which look aster them. The Cattle, when Used some smalltime in a piece of Ground, seldom leave it j so that euch individual Person,may easily find his own Goods ia such a large Tract. Through theseFens run great Cuts or Drey es, in which are a great many Fifti. There arealso VastNumbersof Geefe which live on the Graf, butbo h Tafte Rankand Muddy; but they yield Vast(sumitiss of Feathers and Q_iUs ; therehaving been 300 Baggs, each Weighingone Hundred and a Has, Export-ed from Boston in one Year. The Owncrs Pull them 4. y, nay some6 times a Year for their Feathers, andThrice fortheir Quilis j each Pullingcomes to 2 Penee, Some Perlons have 1000, and some more j they arekept at lüde or no Charge, except in Deep Snowy Wearher, when theyFeed t ne m with Corn. Bttwcen Sfaldivg and Croivltnd Grow very greatCrops of Oats and also large Quantities of Rapum K ylv. (calPd Coal Seed)whereof they make Oyl, by breaking it between two great BLck-Marble

Stones