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was carrying out of the water. Another bit 

 a woman who had a gold ring upon her fin- 

 ger, when washing her hands in the river 

 Costa, near Pickering, pulled her into the 

 water, and nearly drowned her ; from which 

 circumstance the town of Pickering in York- 

 shire is said to have derived its name. I 

 shall add one other instance of its voracity, 

 which I can depend upon from the person 

 who informed rne of it. 



On a large lake belonging to a gentle- 

 man's domains, in the south of England, a 

 swan was observed for two or three days 

 with its head under the water, as if div- 

 ing for weeds ; at length, the servants ob- 

 serving the bird still in the same posture, 

 acquainted their master with it, who imme- 

 diately ordered them to make use of their 

 drag nets ; which, when pulled on shore, 

 discovered that the swan had been seized by 

 a very large Pike in the act of dipping its 

 head, and both of them dead. 



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