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Thys byll mayd the fyft daye of february [in the year of | 
our lorde god a thowsand fyue hundreth xxxv [witnesseth that] 
I haue resauyd of mast' John eland of hullesq .... 
dew vnto me thys feest of the puryficac’on [of our blessed] 
laydy for the teyth corn of anlawghby & wolf{erton] .. . 
for hurrelbek, of the qwych iiij! vjs & viij4, & also . 
me well & trewly content & payd, the forsayd .... 
to be qwytt & for that term & all other befor . . . 
to be suffycyently dyscharged In wytness hereof... . 
myn name « sette the seall of myn offyce 
P’ me Rob’t’m Colynson 
priorem de hawtemp [{rice| 
A Rorquat at ALDBorouUGH, East YoRKSHIRE.—A large 
whale was found dead by the steamship ‘‘ Empress,” and 
towed into Scarborough Bay, on Saturday, September tst. 
As the sanitary authorities refused permission to land it, it 
was taken out to sea and cast adrift, presumably on Saturday 
night. Early on Monday morning, it was found stranded on 
the beach at Aldborough, just south of the inn, having been 
blown ashore by the northerly wind. It had been recorded 
as a Sperm Whale in the local Press, but proved to be really 
a common Rorqual (Balenoptera musculus). Measurements 
taken at Aldborough made its length 74 feet, fluke (posterior 
margin) 7 ft. gin., flipper 6-7 feet. The last was estimated, 
as the animal was much decomposed—having, in fact, lost 
nearly the whole of its skin. No girth measurements were 
possible. The baleen was slate coloured, with yellowish 
markings, though several plates, usually in groups of three, 
were pure white. At the auction on Monday afternoon, a 
combination of Aldborough men secured it for £10, the first 
and only bid. Cutting-up operations were commenced on 
Wednesday, the blubber being packed in barrels for convey- 
ance to Hull.—T. Petcn, B.A., B.Sc. 
Ho.perNESs Bats.—Several large bats were observed 
flying over the Burstwick drain at Hedon during August, 
1g00. One shot on August 18th was identified as a Noctule 
(Vesperugo noctula). The bat common in Holderness, is the 
Pipistrelle (Vesperugo pipistrellus). I have one record of the 
long-eared bat (Plecotus auritus) ; a specimen was caught ina 
room at Thorp Garth, Aldborough, August, 1897.— 
T, Peres, :Beht,7.Se- 
