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upwards of twenty-eight pounds, and was sold 

 to a gentleman in the neighbourhood for a 

 guinea. As the cookmaid was gutting the fish, 

 she found, to her great astonishment, a watch, 

 with a black ribbon and two steel seals annexed, 

 in the body of the Pike. The gentleman's but- 

 ler upor opening the watch, found the maker's 

 name, Thomas Cranefield, Burnham, Norfolk. 

 Upon a strict inquiry it appears, that the said 

 watch, was sold to a gentleman's servant who 

 was unfortunately drowned, about six weeks 

 ago, in his way to Cambridge, between this 

 place and South Ferry. The watch is still in 

 the possession of Mr. John Roberts, of the 

 Cross Keys, in Littleport, for the inspection 

 of the public/ " 



And in the same paper, the 25th of the same 

 month and year. " On Tuesday last, at Little- 

 shall lime-works, near Newport, a pool, about 

 nine yards deep, which has not been filled for 

 ages, was let off by means of a level brought 

 up to drain the works, when an enormous Pike 

 was found : he was drawn out by a rope fastened 

 round his head and gills, amidst hundreds of 

 spectators, in which service a great many men 

 were employed. He weighed upwards of a hun- 



