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And yet thou shunnest me ; hard unyielding fair f 

 And still 1 live and breathe my native air; 

 Accept my presents, or no more thou'lt see 

 Thy faithful Thelgon bend the supple knee. 

 Go, giddy girl ! thy coquetry may gain 

 Adventures new with many a simple swain. 

 Beneath the waves thy head, o Triton hide, 

 Thy sea-green face conceal below the tide. 



NOTE 25. 





This is the general opinion at Albany, and is alluded to by dr. Mite hill, in si 

 letter to the reverend dr. Miller, (Collections of the New-York Historical Sod 

 fty, vol. 1.) where he says, " it is reported that the course of the herrings was 

 more especially on the west side of the river." This fish is not of the same spe- 

 ( CJes which abounds at particular seasons in the european seas, as dr. Mitchill has 

 satisfactorily' shown. The european herring not only differs in its appearance, 

 but in its manners ; it never, like ours, deposites its spawn in the waters of fresh 

 rivers. Catesby seems to have given currency to this mistake, in saying, that 

 all the sea and river fish that he observed in Carolina, differ from those in Eu- 

 rope of the same kind, except pikes, eels, and herrings. Kalm, who was well 

 acquainted with this fish, on the other hand asserts, that what are called her- 

 rings in New-York, differ greatly from the european herrings. General Lincoln, 

 in a very interesting letter to dr. Belknap, (History of New Hampshire, vol. 3.) 

 has successfully shown, that the river fish never forsake the waters in which they 

 are spawned, unless some unnatural obstructions are thrown in their way ; that 

 when obstructed, they do not seek new sources in which they may lodge their 

 spawn, but that they are so strongly allured to the same route, that they annu- 

 ally return to their natural river, pressing constantly for a passage into their 

 mother pond ; that the quiet waters of the lake can alone give that nourishment 

 and protection -necessary to the existence of the egg, the preservation of which is 

 indispensable if an extinction of the schull is to be prevented. I have no doubt, 

 therefore, but that the mode in which our herrings ascended the river, is truly 

 stated. The Sebastacook which falls into the Kennebec, is supported by numer- 

 ous streams which abound with the small river fish, such as alewives, &c. and 

 the inhabitants of that country say, that at the time of the running of these fish, 

 they ascend the streams at distinct periods in succession, and that the schulls ne- 



