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can give a name to, as Grotius, in his " Sophom," and others, 

 have observed. 



But whither am I strayed in this discourse ? I will end it 

 by telling you, that at the mouth of some of these rivers of 

 ours Herrings are so plentiful, as namely, near to Yarmouth in 

 Norfolk, and in the West-country Pilchers so very plentiful, as 

 you will wonder to read what our learned Camden relates of 

 them in his "Britannia," pp. 178, 186. 



Well, Scholar, I will stop here, and tell you what by read- 

 ing and conference I have observed concerning fish-ponds. 



