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ni. An Account of femrd Obfemahles in Lin- 
colnfliire, not tahgn Notice of in Camden^ 
or any othtt Author , by Mr. Chriftopher 
Merretj Surmyor of the Fort of Bo (Ion. 
THAT part of the County of LincolH, that ly- 
eth towards ths Sea, is a Level about Fifty Miles 
long, viz. from Grimjhye to Cropland; and broad 
from the Sea to thtWmlds (or High-Lands) lo. It 
may be divided ift into Marfiies, extending from 
Grimflye to about Wainfleety in which are a great 
Stock of large Sheep, vi^hich yield a very lufty Wool 
or of a large Staple (as here phrafed) three or four 
Fleeces ulualiy making a Tod of Tv^'enty eight Pound 
Several Hundred Loads are yearly carryed out of it 
into Horfolk, Suffolky the North and Weft Countries, 
in great Packs (called Pockets) of about 25-00/. 
weight, and there Manufaftured. x. Fens, the Eaft 
Begins about Wainfleet^ and ends at Silfye^ yielding 
a great plenty and variety of Fowl and Fifti, particu- 
larly Duck^ Mallard, and Teal, which are ufually ta- 
ken in Decoys ; there arc three at Wainfleet^ two be- 
longing to Sir Rolert Barkham, Knight and Baronet, and 
the third to my Kinfman Rohert Archer, Efqi my very 
good Friends : They are twice Weekly, between Micha* 
eln^oj and our Ladyday Cmt to London on Horfe-back; 
many times Forty or Fifty Dozen at once, befides 
what others afford • the Decoy-men Contrafl: for them 
all at a certain Rate /^r Dozen , which the Carryers 
(Kedgers) are obliged to take off* their Hands ; two 
Teal are reckoned equal to a Dack ; fo Sis Ducks and 
Twelve Teal are accounted a Dozen, which ufually coft 
here about Nine Shillings. About Midfummer (when 
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