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above 40 Mtltt at Sca. The River i* rtmarkable for gac*d Pikuaccording to the Old Rhrme,

An Ankhatn Eel, and « Wifhat» tHe,

ALI England eannot fliew tbe hke.

A« also sor the Rapidmß of irs Sffeafti. Of late thete are Eagers, (bm&times endangering Shipping, without great Care, Whieh much destrojr irsBanks and Keys, though Fcmfy’d witli great Pries and Jettk', Lce. Sothat niither ToWn nor Coun'ry, ean scafeely keep it witbin ir» Banks, itofttn Breaking and Over-topping them; whieh- in tirtte is hke toRumtheTowa, e aast alsisted by Parliament, er by taking in of the Feit, whiehmight make it Flourilh again, it being as Rieh in Soil äs any Gretind pro»bably in England. But what is raost Reftiarkable, some Teats 40, 50, et100 Tan of Oyl hath been made of a Small Fifh, eall’d in Latin Tangit tus,heie Stichi* back, elfewhere Priehlmg er Banstead, having finali Pricklet ori itsBack, whence mas) of its Names, thtfrtby fcärirtg thö Fifh Ofct of otw River,especially Smeltt, of whieh we have good Plenty and Latge. They arenot above an Incb and half long, and about half a« broad, taken m thkRiver above theTowrf, for about y or 6 Miles $ about r» Rußn l are taken-at * Draught, and about 8 C haldef will make a HegfseatL They Boiiby Night what were taken by DSiy, else the 0)1 wiU run of k ielfj andto Waste.

The Sea Looseth and Gaineth considefably in this County: for aboutHolbtach, Suum, and Wainfleet, great Marfkes have been lately taken in *but Northward of Ingold-Meals, it bath Lost rfluch mote. I have feenth« Reots of Trees, that have been Dug out of t-he Sands at Loiv-ivefer,near a Mile from the Shcre, whieh I take to belong to Fir , the BarkSmclling Aromatically, and somtwhat like that df Fir-Fmbet in Piles thathave been long in Sale Water, but not- near so strong; and at Mawph-tberpi they are osten in Danger of being Drowned, their Defcnce beingonly Banks, or Hilis of a Smull Sand, call^d Meati, the Former Churehhaving been devour’d by it.

What is further Oblervable atöong Anitftals, is, firß of J^uadrufeds ;the Ccuntry Perple gather up the Dmg of Oxtn and Cows, whieh theyTemper with Water, and Spreaditon the Gr-obnd about 5 Inchts thick,and Cut it out in Oblong pieces of about a Feot, and call them Dithts,whieh they use sor Fewel. I have been credibly Infortft’d, that one Ptr-s>n’s Inventory of them came to 400 /. They also gather up Hog's-Dungand stetp it in Water, and having well stirr’d strein it, and so Ufe it toJVajh Cloaths, whieh when Bleached in the Sumrtter, will- beeome Whiteand Sweet.

Belides Fc-wl mendorfd by Mr. Camhden, of Mud-Suckers (whieh areestecm’dthe best) we have Ruffand Reve, the former being rh eCock, theo’her the Heu ; in Latin, Aves Pugnaces, becausc you fhall feldomlook on them but they are Fighting • ameng 1 oo, rarely two are of a

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