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couragement. It is reckoned there lucky for thofe 

 whofe Chimnies they build Nefts on. In Sweden 

 they build Nefts on Pine-trees, which put me in 

 mind of the Ffalmijl^ Pfalmciv. 17. viz. As for 

 the Stork^ the Firr-trees are her Houfe. Storks 



are of the Heron kind, and Heron^ Efq. of 



CreJ]y\ in Lincolnfiire^ kept fome years ago a He- 

 ronry, as many Gentlemen do Rookeries. 



10. The People in general, are ftridlly reli- 

 gious in their way, as appears by the following 

 inftance, to which I was a weekly Eye-witnefs. 

 Such of them as dwell in a fmall Town or two at 

 the River's Mouth, go very early every Monday 

 Morning, during the Summer-feafon, to a re- 

 markable place, called by them the Fall^ where 

 they work all the week till Saturday Evening ; 

 at which time they walk back home, to their 

 Habitations, every now and then finging moft 

 devoutly a Pfalm or Hymn, in honour to the 

 World's great Author and Supporter. They fung 

 flowly, and I thought their Voices fweet and har- 

 monious. I have, with fingular pleafure ic^n two 

 or three hundred Men, Women, and fuch chil- 

 dren as were able to work there, all marching 

 together in this folemn manner, by the River's 

 fide. 



1 1. I fhall now defcrlbe this Fall or Cataradl, 

 (which very few Authors who mention the Coun- 

 try, take much notice of) in the plaineft and 



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