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lingly be informed, how thefe Horns came de- 

 pofited there ^ for I do not remember I ever 

 heard, that Elks wer^ Natives of Ireland. I may 

 alfo in reafon afk, how and in what manner 

 the Elephant's Tooth or Tufk could creep four- 

 teen foot deep into the Gravel-pit at Goldington ? 

 Though I dare not prefume myfelf to determine 

 the Cafe, I am fenfible,, that many Perfons in 

 good reputation for judgment will infifl, That 

 they have lien buried ever iince the Univerfal De- 

 luge. Be it fo : I muft, notwithftanding, take 

 liberty to relate the following Paffage, as it real- 

 ly happened, W;^. When I lived at Burgh ^ in the 

 Mar/h, in LincohiJJ:ire , I went in company of 

 fome Neighbours to vifit a Friend about three 

 miles off, upon the edge of the Fenns, and three 

 miles diftant from the Sea-fide. We found him 

 bufily employed in digging for a Well of Water, 

 in order to fix a Pump. The Labourers having 

 got to the depth of twenty-five foot, picked up 

 there an old rufl:y Iron Head of an Arrow, which 

 caufed immediately a fi:urdy quefiion to arife a- 

 niong US; namely, How and in what manner 

 came it thither ? One of our company ventured 

 to make a pretty bold fort of conjedure, viz. 

 That many hundreds of years ago, the place where 

 we then dined might be all Sea, (the Land even 

 at this day gaining ground in fome places and 



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