94 ROBERT POCOCK. 



"Thursday, 29th. Had a nurse squalusfish brought 

 me from Scotland by Mr. Man and Mr. Burton, 

 fishermen, caught off Ferrick Head. They say it is a 

 harmless fish. It had several worms in its intes- 

 tines. 



" Thursday, November 5th. Dull day. Heard that 

 Thomas Bowsby, a waterman, was drowned in Sea 

 Reach on Tuesday last in the morning. Had to print 

 a paper calling a meeting to-morrow to apply to Par- 

 liament for an act to lessen the ' poor cess/ it having 

 doubled in seven years. My daughter Betsy burnt 

 her leg with a serpent (firework) going out to an old 

 Pope or effigy of Guy Faux in the street. 



"Friday, 13th. Kev. Mr. Phelps called and bought 

 fossils. 



<( Wednesday, 18th. Dull, rainy day. George, Charles, 

 and Betsy all go to the play to see the ' Curfew and 

 the Sleep Walker/ Porter raised to fivepence-half- 

 penny per pot from fivepence ! I remember it three- 

 pence-halfpenny. 



" Thursday, 19th. Received a letter from Shadrach, 

 also one from Mr. Hunt of Norwich about buying birds. 

 Ship launched from Northfleet called the Medway. 



"Monday, 23rd. Bought shells of Mrs. Lindsay 

 for five shillings. 



" Tuesday, 24th. Dry and dull day. Mr. Richard 

 Eglintine, the waterman, died. He was a proprietor 

 of the King George, tilt-boat No. 5. 



" Wednesday, 25th. Dry and dull. Mr. Johnson, 

 the auctioneer, had four sales cried to-day, Mr. 

 Lewis's, Captain Fabian's, Mr. Bensted's of Milton 

 Street, and Mr. Outred's sale in Queen Street. 



" Saturday, 28th. Assiter's sale. This man's 



