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there. The inhabitants of this place there- 

 fore ftick little twigs, or branches with 

 leaves, into the river, in a curve line or 

 arch, the ends of which look towards the 

 fhore, but ftand at fome diftance from it, 

 leaving a paflage there. The branches 

 ftand about two feet diilant from each 

 other. When the porpeffes come amongft 

 them, and perceive the ruftling the water 

 makes with the leaves, they dare not ven- 

 ture to proceed, fearing left there mould 

 be a fnare, or trap, and endeavour to go 

 back. Mean while the water has reced- 

 ed fo much, that in going back they light 

 upon one of the encfs of the arch, whofe 

 moving leaves frighten them again. In 

 this confufion they fvvim backwards and 

 forwards, till the water is entirely ebbed 

 off, and they ly on the bottom, where 

 the inhabitants kill them. They give a 

 great quantity of train-oil. 



NEAR the fhore, is a grey clay, full of 

 ferruginous cracks, and pierced by worms. 

 The holes are fmall, perpendicular, and 

 big enough to admit a middling pin. Their 

 fides are likewife ferruginous, and half- 

 petrified ; and where the clay has been 

 warned away by the water, the reft looks 

 like ocker-coloured ftumps of tobacco-pipe 

 tubes. 



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