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in consequence was never used ; nor has it been worked since, the present 

 baronet, Sir Alfred Gooch, preferring to shoot the wildfowl which resort 

 there. This Decoy, which has but a single pipe, was planned by Page, 

 Decoyman to Sir Savile Crossley at Fritton Lake, and is on the verge of 

 the sea. 



Friston, 3 miles SE. of Saxmundham, a mile N. of the River Aide, 

 and the same distance south of Friston, the remains of an old Decoy, long 

 disused, may here be seen. It lies to the left of the road leading from Alde- 

 burgh to Snape and Friston, and is on the property of Mr. Wentworth of 

 Wentworth Castle. It has not been used for fifty years, and no particulars 

 concerning it are now available. 



Brantham, i mile N. of Manningtree, near the inland extremity, 

 and on the north bank, of the Stour estuary. — This was a Dunbird or 

 Pochard pond, as well as possessing three Decoy pipes, and was ruined 

 when the Great Eastern Railway cut right through its immediate vicinity. 

 It is still a topic of conversation near Manningtree, amongst the old fowlers, 

 of how on one occasion 80 dozen Dunbirds were once taken at the Brantham 

 pond at one rise of the net. 



Flixton, 2\ miles WN W. from Lowestoft.— The remains of an old Decoy 

 are to be found on a pool of some 16 acres at Flixton. The date of its 

 construction has not been ascertained, and though traces of the pipes are 

 still visible, Mr. Southwell was informed in 1S78 that it had been then dis- 

 used for at least fifty years. It formerly belonged to the Morse family. 



Worlinghajii, 7 miles WSW. of Lowestoft. — A Decoy existed here, of 

 which the Author has been unable to obtain any particulars. 



Canipsey Ash. — The same may be said of the Decoy here, i\ miles 

 SE. of Wickham Market. It is on the River Deben, and once formed 

 part of the belongings of Campsey Ash Abbey. 



