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as some have done, in regard to the matter. Josselyn, in his 

 Voyages to New England, 1674, speaks of " widgeons, simps, 

 teal," etc. If " simpes " and " simps " are synonymous, one can 

 easily believe them to be of the duck kind, from the manner in 

 which the latter author includes them. 



