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" Last Thursday night a boat, with four men in it, ran 

 foul of a weir, near Whitstahle, by which accident the boat 

 was sunk and the men were all unfortunately drowned ; 

 this makes the number sixteen that have perished by this 

 machine, which is of very little or no use to the owners, 

 yet it continues to obstruct the navigation, and, as it were, 

 to sport with the lives of our fellow-creatures." 



Many are the odd and interesting things 



FlIU Flats. the hro " ht to Ugh* b X the flatsman in the 

 course of his search for oysters, mussels, 

 cockles, whelks, and five-lingers. He has a fair knowledge 

 now of the value of anything unusual, and preserves it, 

 though in years gone by many archaeological records must 

 have been "shaded " through the portholes, unless an 



Samian Ware from Pudding Pan Rock. 



occasional perfect Samian pot were thought good enough to 

 grow flowers in at home, or a precious basin were saved for 

 the " Pudding Pie," elsewhere known as " Lent Pie," which 

 the true Whitstable household indulges in once a year on 

 Ash Wednesday. Many of these treasures have come from 



