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feet of it, is very expensive. A fanner 

 may lead a great deal of dung in an equal 

 portion of time, and to more advantage. 

 It is to be observed, that a man who lives 

 at New- York, or Philadelphia, never sees a 

 crab-fish ; while an inhabitant of Annapolis 

 remains equally unacquainted with a sal- 

 mon, or perhaps a cod-fish. I firmly believe 

 for the reasons I have just given that, 

 where there is a single person in those parts 

 who has seen one of those species of fish, 

 there are thousands who never saw either: 

 but salt herrings and some few shads are 

 extended over the whole country. 



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