230 November 1748. 



themfelves into the fea, were not far afunder. 

 They had obferved that when the herrings came 

 in Ijpring to depofit their fpawn, they always 

 fwam up the river, where they ufed to catch 

 them, but never came into the other. This cir- 

 cumftance led Mr. Franklins father, who was 

 fettled between the two rivers, to try whe- 

 ther it was not poffible to make the herrings like- 

 wife live in the other river. For that purpofe 

 he put out his nets, as they were coming up for 

 fpawning, and he caught fome. He took the 

 fpawn out of them, and carefully carried it acrofs 

 the land into the other river. It was hatched, 

 and the confequence was, that every year after- 

 ter wards they caught more herrings in that river ; 

 and this is ftill the cafe. This leads one to be- 

 lieve that the fifli always like to fpawn in the 

 fame pkce where they were hatched, and from 

 whence they firft put out to fea ; being as it were 

 accuftomed to it. 



THE following is another peculiar obfervation. 

 It has never formerly been known that Codfifh. 

 were to be caught at cape Hinlopen : they were 

 always caught at the mouth of the Delaware ; 

 but at preient they are numerous in the former 

 place. From hence it may be concluded, that fith 

 likewife change their places of abode of their own 

 accord. 



A CAPTAIN of a (hip who had been in Green* 

 land^ afferted from his own experience, that oa 

 paffmg the feventieth deg. of north lat. the fum- 

 mer heat was there much greater, than it is be- 

 Ipw that degree. From hence he concluded, that 

 $he fumjiier heat at the pole itfelf, rnuft be ftill 



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