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bling the perch spawn down off the bows by 

 quarts. 4 What d'ye say to that now 1 ' says 

 I. ' I wouldn't have believed it/ says he. 

 And no one would who didn't see it, sir. 

 Last year they ordered the breeding of 

 swans to be stopped. This year they have 

 continued it again. The number of swans 

 already between Walton and Staines is 

 beyond belief. They swarms there ; and if 

 they're to be allowed to breed, we shall have 

 such a mess of swans that the river will be 

 regularly smothered with them. Suppose 

 they don't know where nor how to find the 

 spawn ? Gammon ! Don't a donkey know 

 where to look for thistles, and don't I know 

 where beefsteaks grow \ ' 



" Any gentleman who doubts the mischief 

 the swans do, can now have ocular demon- 



