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were responsible: 1863. ' Fox head, 2s. 6d.' 1864. c Ralph 

 Johnson, fox head, 2s. 6d. James Sowerby, fox head, 2s. 6d.' 



The Pine Marten, unlike the Fox, has always been a local Pine Marten. 

 animal in Lakeland too sparsely represented, even in its most 

 favoured haunts, to be the object of a uniform persecution. 

 Very few parishes return any records of the destruction of 

 Marts ; only in fact those of Martindale, Patterdale, Greystoke, 

 and Kendal, according to the information at present available. 

 In Patterdale there are only two entries ; or rather, one entry 

 occurs both in 1779 and 1780: 'To two Marts, 2s,' showing 

 that a shilling was the sum then paid for a Pine Marten in that 

 parish. In Kendal parish the head-money offered for this 

 animal was originally fourpence, as the following entries 

 exemplify : — 



1684. 'Sept. 6. Paid to church w. of Helsington 



for 2 Clean Marts, . . .£008' 



1685. 'April 21. pd. to ye Church w. of Longdale 



[ = Longsleddall] 1 brock and 2 Clean 

 Marts and 1 Catt on foule mart, . 18' 



'Oct. 20. To ye churchwarden of Longs- 

 leddall for 2 ffox heads and 1 clean mart, 2 4' 



1687. 'March 29. Pd. to ye churchwarden of 



Sleddall for one Brockhead and 2 Clean 



Marts, . . . .012' 



'June 29. Pd. to William Postlethwaite 



for one Clean Mart, . . . 4' 



' Oct. 1 8th. Payd to Daniel Best of Strick- 

 landgate for 5 foule marts and 1 Clean 

 Marte, . . . .012' 



1688. 'April 17. pd. to ye Churchwarden of 



Underbarrow for one Clean Marte, . 4' 



'April 17. pd. to ye Churchwarden of 



Sleddall for 2 Clean Marts, . . 8' 



'April 17. pd. to William Postlethwaite 



for 1 Clean marte, . . . 4' 



In point of fact the total number of Martens killed in the 



far-reaching parish of Kendal in the decade most favourable 



to their destruction, viz., 1679-1688, only reached a total of 



