Mr. Dent to Mr. Wray. 2 1 



me he fold one to the Cook of St, John's College of - 

 Two Hundred Weight and upwards, and that it fer- 

 ved all the Scholars of the College at that time, be- 

 ing 30 Mefs for Commons j which was likewife 

 confirmed to me by the Cook of the fame College. 

 There are Male and Female of all thefe four Sorts. I 

 cannot underftand that thefe four do differ at all in 

 ihipe of Body, but only in proportion, colour, and 

 fmoothnds of Skin or Prickles. With the Fifli I 

 ,h vc put up in a Box fome Water Fowl, viz. a Pocker, 

 a Smew, three Sheldins, a Widgeon, and a Whewer $ 

 which two laft are Male and Female of the fame kind. 

 Widgeon is nev.er apply'd to the Female Sex : Its u- 

 fual to call a filly Fellow , a wife Widgeon -> or to 

 fay, he is as wife as a Widgeon $ and a Drunkard's 



Song faith, that 



Mahomet was no Divine, but a fenfelefs Widgeon^ 

 To forbid the ufe of Wine unto thofe of his Religion. 

 It is ufual to fay of one of a large Size, Sure the 

 Dam of that was a Whewer. We could not meet as 

 yet, with a Pintayle 3 my Coufin tells me it is fome- 

 what lefs than a Whewer, of lighter Gray colour, 

 the Wings and Tail longer, and foarper pointed, 

 the Bill longer and narrower. I have put up fome 

 hollow Bones which are annex'd to the Windpipe 

 of each Male > for in Females I can find none other- 

 wife than you will find in the Paper writ upon, 

 Whewer, The difference of Shape of thefe Bones 

 doubtlefs caufes their different Tones. If you fteep one 

 of the Sheldin's Windpipes a while in warm Water 

 to make it lax, you may obferve the pretty Moti- 

 on to be found in the middle Protuberance , and 

 pick out a little Philofophy from it. Whenever I 

 find any farther opportunities of ferving you, I will 

 approve my felf, &ti 



Cambridge, Feb, 15, 1 674. 



Mr. 



