but could find no such fish as the Gasterosteus pun- 

 git ins : he found the Gasterosteus aculeatus in plen- 

 ty. This morning, in a basket, I packed a little 



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earthen pot full of wet moss, and in it some stick- 

 lebacks, male and female ; the females big with 

 spawn : some lamperns ; some bullheads ; but I 

 could procure no minnows. This basket will be 

 in Fleet Street by eight this evening ; so I hope 



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