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thefe rivers difcharged themfelves into the 

 fea, were not far afunder. They had ob- 

 ferved that when the herrings came in fpring 

 to depofit their fpawn, they always fwam 

 up the river where tliey ufed to catch them, 

 but never came into the other. This cir- 

 cumftance led Mr. Franklins father who 

 was fettled between the two rivers, to try 

 whether it was not poflible to make the 

 herrings likewife live in the other river. 

 For that purpofe he put out his nets, as 

 they were coming up for fpawning, and he 

 caught fome. He took the fpawn out of 

 them, and carefully carried it acrofs the 

 Jand into the other river. It was hatched, 

 and the confequence was, that every year 

 afterwards they caught more herrings in 

 that river j and this is ftill the cafe. This 

 leads one to believe that the fifh always 

 like to fpawn in the fame place where they 

 were hatched, and from whence they firft 

 put out to fea i being as it were accuftomed 

 to it. 



The following is another peculiar obfer- 

 vation. It has never formerly been known 

 that codfifli were to be caught at cape Hin- 

 lopen : they were always caught at the 

 mouth of the Delaware : but at prefent they 

 are numerous in the former place. From 

 hence it may be concluded that fifh likewife 



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