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MoukeringVutie IsJ feveral Perfons, fbme for Pleafure^ 
others for Profit, go in fmall Beats among the Reeds, 
and with.long Poles knock them down, they not being 
able to S wim or Fly from them, A little before Micha- 
elmas^ great Flights arrive in theft parts, which foon 
grow Fat ; w^hen the Decoys are Frozen (which they 
keep open as long as polTible, by breaking them) the 
Fowl refort to the Sea for their Food. As for Fifli there 
are great quantities, efpec'.ally Pike, (bme being of a 
very large Size 'tis deep in fome places, Eight, Nine, 
or Ten Foot. The other Fens abound no lefs with 
Qu!!d^upeds , as Be.ifls, Sheep cfpecially (which will 
grow Fat} 2nd Hcrfes. Thefe Fens are common, fo 
that each Town hath a diftinft B.-and, and alfo each 
Man : There are feveral Fen-Riders, which look after 
them. TheCattd, when ufed fome fmall time in a 
piece of Ground, feldcm leave it ; fo that each indivi- 
dual Perf(;n, may eafily find his own Goods in fuch a 
large Traft. Through thefe Fens run great Cuts or 
Dreyns, in which are a great many Filh : There are 
alfo vaft numbers of Geefe which hve on the GraiJ, but 
both tafte rank and muddy ; the latter may be (inelt 
as foon as one comes into the Room where Roafting.; 
But they make an amends in the vafl quantities of Fea- 
thers, and Quills they yield ; there having been Three 
hundred Bags, each weighing One hundred and half^ 
Exported from in one I'^ear, as appears by the 
Cuftom-Houfe- Books. 'Twill be thought flrange (tho' 
very true) that the Owners pull them four, five, nay 
fome fix times a Year for their Feathers, and thrice for 
theirQuills; each Pulling comes to Two Pence. Some 
Perfbns have a Thoufand, and fome more ; they are 
kept at little or no Charge, except in deep Snowy Wea- 
ther, when they feed them with Corn. Between SpaUs 
ipg znd Crowknd ^XQW very gr^at Crops of Oats (ia 
ftafonable 
