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and a half. September 9th, seventeen brace and a 

 half ; put in five brace ; the rest weighed twenty-two 

 pounds. 1849; -June i8th, twenty-one brace ; put in 

 twelve brace : of the rest ; two weighed two pounds 

 one ounce each ; two, two pounds all but one ounce 

 each ; and the next two, three pounds between them. 

 1851, June i6th, seventeen brace ; put in nine brace. 

 October ist, eleven brace and a half ; put in eight 

 brace. 1853, August 2nd, thirteen brace and a half ; 

 one fish caught with an artificial minnow ; put in 

 two brace and a half. August 26th, eight brace ; 

 put in one brace and a half : the largest weighed 

 three pounds all but two ounces ; the next three 

 pounds all but three ounces and a half ; the next 

 one pound and three-quarters. September 3oth, 

 thirteen brace and a half ; put in seven brace." 



Nafferton and its neighbourhood was not a favour- 

 able district for the entomologist ; but frequently on 

 his walks when visiting parishioners in outlying 

 houses, as well as on other occasions, he would take 

 his net with him, in the hope of capturing some fresh 

 specimen for his cabinets. 



It was at Nafferton where my father and mother 

 had their first great sorrow, in the death of their 

 eldest child their dearly loved little daughter Emily, 

 who died at the age of twelve in 1847, and was buried 

 in Nafferton churchyard. 



Although he had so many duties to attend to in a 

 parish like Nafferton, yet he contrived to find time 

 for a considerable amount of literary work, especially 

 in the last three or four years of his residence there. 



