166 THE ZOOLOGIST. 



destruction of Sparrows, and at the rate of 6d. per dozen, an 

 unusually high price. No payments appear for eggs. In the 

 former year £3 3s. ll^d. appears to have been paid. 



BlLLINGTON. 



1697. £ s. d. 



Pd. to John Hargett for the powder in frighting the 



Crows, etc 00 02 06 



1699. 

 Payed to Hargett a years wages for mole takeing 01 00 00 



1700. 

 Payed to Hargett a yeares wages for mole takeing at 



Myms*last 01 00 00 



1701. 



Pd. to John Hargett his moletaking wages 01 00 00 



1702. 



Pd. to him his years wages for moletaking 01 00 00 



Agreed that the moletaking wages shall be pd. no more 

 out of the Towns rents. 



Hargett's name reappears in 1704. I understand that the 

 overseers of this parish used formerly to pay for the destruction of 

 Sparrows and their eggs. 



BoLNHURST. 



1676. £ s. d. 



2 Polecatts killed in the P 8 



1679. 

 pd. to John Bug 5 polcatts and a hodgh 1 10 



1710. 

 pd. to Mr. Petty for kiling of 2 foxes 2 



1777. 

 Dec. 26. pd. for 2 poltcats 6 



1794. 

 Dec. 25. Pd. for Sparows 4 



1799. 

 Pd. at diffrant times for Sparrows 3 6 



Only a few payments for killing vermin appear, the first in 

 1676 ; additional single entries for a Fox and a Polecat are in- 

 cluded. Sparrows first appear in 1794, and continue irregularly 

 until 1805, and where stated they were paid for at the rate of 2d. 

 per dozen. Small sums only appear to have been paid. 



Bromham. 



1680. £ s. d. 



For killing a hedghogg 00 00 04 



1684. 

 For a fox's head 00 01 00 



* Evidently Michaelmas. 



