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they are kept alive by a DeWy and Worms that 

 breed in their Nefls, or fome other Ways un- 

 known to us. If this be at all true, which 

 many queftion, it may be believed of the "For- 

 didge Trouty which knows his Times, almoft 

 to a Day, of coming into that River out of the 

 Sea, where he lives nine Months in the Year, 

 and falls three in the River of Fordidge. The 

 Townfmen here are very pun6lual in obfer- 

 ving the Time of beginning to fifh for them j 

 and boaft much of their River on this Account, 

 in like manner as SiiJJe>: boafts of her Shelfey 

 Cockle^ her Chichefter Lohfter^ her Arundel 

 Mullet i and her Atnerly Trout, 



The better to confirm this Opinion of the 

 Fordidge Trout's not feeding in the River, w€ 

 may refledl that Swallows ^ Bats, and fFag-tails, 

 which are call'd Birds of PafTage, and not itcn 

 to fly in England for 6 Months of the Year, have 

 been found, even thoufands at a Time, in 

 Hollow-trees, or Clay-caves, where they have 

 been obferved to live and fleep out the whole 

 Winter without Meat. There is alfo a kind of 

 Frog which hath her Mouth naturally fhut up 

 about the End of Auguft^ and lives fo all the 

 Winter. 



There is in Nortbu?nberland a Trout called a 

 Bull-trout, of a much greater Size than any in 

 the Southern Parts : And in many Rivers that 

 have Communication with the Sea, there are 

 found Salmon Trouts, very different from others, 

 both in Shape and Spots. 



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