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was drowned (his age being reputed at over 100 years). Harwin informed 

 Mr. Upcher that he had some good seasons. On one occasion, when a 

 thaw set in, the fowl coming in hungry from the sea-coast, Wilhams drove 

 up 75 wild ducks at once, the most he ever saw taken at one time. He 

 had seen from 50 to 60 taken many times. After the death of Williams, 

 Harwin managed the Decoy himself for two years. His fortune, however, 

 in decoying was not so good as formerly. The duck-catching, he con- 

 sidered, was nice amusement, but working the Decoy was very trying in 

 frosty weather. 



This Decoy was abandoned in 1872, and has not since been used. 



Hockwold, 8 miles W. of Brandon, between Brandon and Littleport. — 

 There was formerly a Decoy in Redmore Fen in the parish of Hockwold, 

 \ a mile from the south bank of the Brandon River, on the veree of the 

 county, and which used to be worked by one Burgess, but about 1838 it 

 was given up in consequence of its being too near the Lakenheath Decoy 

 in Suffolk for both to be worked with profit. 



