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left discovered whereupon Seales in greate Heardes like Swine use 

 to sleepe and baske themselves against the Sunnc ; for their better 

 securitye they put in use a kind of military Discipline, warily 

 preparing against a soddaine Surprize, for on the outermost 

 Rocke one great Scale or more keepes Seutinell. which upon the 

 first inklinge of any Danger, giveth the AUarme to the rest by 

 throweing of Stones, or making a Xoise in the water, when he 

 tumbles down from the Rocke, the rest immediately doe the 

 like, insomuch that yt is very hard to overtake them by Cunning : 

 yf yt fortune that any unawares hath chosen his sleepinge 

 forthe so far from the Sea, that he is in Hazard to become a 

 Praye to the pursuer, he then betaketh himselfe to his Armes, 

 iiynginge the Pebbles and Sand from his hinder Feete with suche 

 a tempeste and force, that a man had neede be well advised 

 before he approache too neere ; they flye the sight of Men as of 

 those from whom tbey have received many shrewde Turnes ; 

 where the poore Women that gather Cockles and Mussels on the 

 Sandes, by often use, are in better Credyte with them. There- 

 fore, whoe soe intends to kill any of them must craftely put on 

 the Habyte of a woman, to gayne Grounde within the Reache 

 of his peece. 



" It was streange to me and hard to be believed, that you 

 had a yonge Scale taken upon the Seye Sande, w".*" for the 

 Space of a Moneth was kepte in your parloure, feedinge him with 

 Milke and Breade which yt sucked greedily, and that in a few 

 Dayes he knew his Keeper soe well that he woulde crawle after 

 him lowinge aloud, from the Parlour to the Kitchen ; when upon 

 the Hearthe, after his Belly was well fyled, he used to turn up 

 his Syde to the Greate of the Fyre. He dyed as yt was tolde me 

 by the Mishappe of one that unawares treade on his Head. 

 After that he had been a Weeke in the House, and felte the 

 Ref reshinge of the Fyre, he could never endure the Water, thoughe 

 you threwe liim often tymes into yt, and was willinge to let 

 him escape, but he ever returned to the Lande, and with a 

 mournful Crye, as it were bemoaning himself to the Companie, 

 would creep to the next he sawe and nible about their Feet, 

 not ceasing till some one had taken him up in then- Armes to 

 cairy him back again ; he was white, as having his Piggies hair 

 yet on him, and not past three Quarters of a Yarde longe." 



In the " Durham Household Book, or accounts of the 

 Bursar of the Monastery of Durham, from Pentecost, 1530, to 

 Pentecost, 1534," published by the Surtees Society, wherein is 

 minutely detailed all the costs of provisioning that house, 

 Seaylls and Seayll Calves are frequently mentioned and in one 



