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ee AND no: 
Through recent death of Mr. te ee ay rogden, Solicitor, of 
acme ah Lineoinshire Natuilists Union have lost a good and valued 
mber. Mr. nly a quick and ‘reliable observer, but 
be was a keen be ole an eyed was no one in South Lincolnshire 
ho possessed such a thorough seg nas of t he topography of th 
Fenlands and their natural history. i vourite shooting and fishing 
grounds were in the fitt zee ma s Gackes the Laicol ir ash, 
and here, he course of years, he became thoroughly acquainted with the 
bi fi a district which “sr es in its re at is 
wildest a ost remo the county ortunatel r. Brogden has 
left copious no connection with th ifaun dm an - 
publication, and, in doing this, feel sure Pes will a a valu 
addition to the natural history of Lincolnshire, for of the southern parts of 
the chai! our knowledge is yet scant.—JOHN Seprane Great Cotes 
House, R.S.O. Tieeoln, Tith April 1899. 
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NOTE—MAMMALIA, 
Otters in gine am sorry to say that Be as these animals, 
which are now ing ae among our fere nature this neighbo 
hood, have sg acs Bas led. I mean the Otter (Latra utr One 
was killed at Thimbleby ay on the river Bain, ab es 
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at Thimbleby Mill, lent to me by the owner, Mr. Joseph Willson, of 
Horncastle. It was caught in the che of the water-mill and killed, 
because they thought e would attack the ducks in the mill-poo 1. 
sa u the se : 
Thimbleby Otter was a young one, and only weighed 13 Ibs. The in of 
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_ the Thimbleby specimen—possibly stretched in the curing—though a yo 
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, is 50 inches in length irom spout to ie of tail. The Goulc Eby. one, 
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thus vic he once, it fou the harder with me against being caught again. 
—J. Conway WALTER, Langton Rectory, Horncastle, 18th “Augu st 1898. 
Naturalist, 
