2 5 o CURIOUS CREATURES. 



about which I have to tell you a very wonderful circum- 

 stance. Near the church in question there is a great 

 lake at the foot of a mountain, and in this lake arc found 

 no fish, great or small, throughout the year till Lent 

 come. On the first day of Lent they find in it the 

 finest fish in the world, and great store, too, thereof; 



and these continue to be found till Easter Eve. After 

 that they are found no more till Lent come round 

 again ; and so 'tis every year. Tis really a passing 

 great miracle ! " 



Edward Webbe, "Master Gunner," whose travels 

 were printed in 1590, informs us that in the "Land of 



