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bow of the net, which are built round, about three yards 

 diameter and a yard length or somewhat better, with small 

 stakes driven into the ground in a circle, and interwoven with 

 broom and other raddle. 



In which manner there have been taken of them in one 

 morning fifty dozens at a driving. 



But they commonly appoint three days of driving them, 

 within fourteen days or thereabouts of the 2nd. and 3rd. of 

 June, which while they are doing, some have observed a 

 certain old one that seems to be somewhat more concerned 

 than the rest, being clamorus, and striking down upon the 

 v.ery heads of the men; which has given ground of suspicion 

 that they have some government among them, and that this 

 is their prince, who is so much concerned for its subjects. 

 And it is further observed that when there is great plenty 

 of them the lent corn is so much the better, and the cow 

 pasture too, by reason they pick up all the worms and the 

 'Tern Flyes." 



Scoulton Mere, near East Dereham, in Norfolk, the property 

 of Major Wayland, is another breeding-haunt; as many as 

 thirty thousand eggs are taken every year, and in one season 

 as many as forty-four thousand were the produce. Eollesby 

 Broad, near Yarmouth, in the same county, is also a great 

 resort, as are others of the Broads; and the birds are seen along 

 the coast. In Cambridgeshire, they used to frequent the fens, 

 in some seasons in great plenty. 



In Yorkshire, a great breeding-place for these Gulls is on 

 Hornsea Mere. They used to frequent Thorne Moor. They 

 occur along the sea-shore, and individuals have been seen near 

 Wakefield and Huddersfield. 



Many hundreds breed near the mouth of the Thames, both 

 on the Essex and the Kentish side, finding suitable situations 

 on the low islands near the banks, and the marshes of the 

 mainland. 



Another interesting G-ullery is on a lake in front of Pallinsburn 

 Hall, Northumberland, the ancient seat of the Askews, of which 

 family was the never-to-be-forgotten Dame Anne Askew, the 

 martyr, of 'glorious, pious, and immortal memory.' My cousin, 

 Mrs. John Hincks, of Cowling Hall, near Bedale, being related 

 to the Pallinsburn family, I requested her to obtain for me 

 all the information on the subject she could, and her sister, 

 Miss Pulleine, being on a visit there at the tim or shortly 



