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Ton of Oyi hath been made of a fmall Fifb, called in 
Latin Pufigitius ^ here Stickle back, elfewbere Prkk- 
ling or Eanfteady having fmall Prickles on its Back, 
whence moft of its Names, thereby (caring Fifti out 
of cur River, efpecially Smelts, of which we have 
good plenty and large. They are not above an Inch 
and half long, and about half as broad, taken in this 
River above the Town, for about Five or Six Miles; 
about a BuiheJ^are taken at a Draught, and fomctimes 
about eight Chalder will make a Hogflhead. They Boil 
by Night what were taken by Day, cUe the O) i will 
run of itfelf, and to wafte. 'Twas Comical to fee the 
furprize fome Frenchmen (who were forced in by Di- 
ftrefs) were in, upon their diftppointment, of having 
Oyl, inftead of a curious Dilh of Fi(b, wheo they Fry- 
ed them ; of their Produdiion the beft. 
/Our Marflies doubtlefs were gamed from the Sea, 
there being near them at Wainfleet^ fuch Banks and 
Salt-hills, as Camden mentions at Sutterton. They 
are fenced either by large Dikes, filled withfrefti Water 
in the Winter^ and Salt in the Summer, by letting it 
in at their Sluices, or Stolps and Rails, the former be- 
ing Oak fplit, and Sawed into peices, about Six Foot 
long; the latter Deals, Sawn in the midft lengthways, 
which are put through the former in Mortices. 
The Sea loofeth and gaineth confiderably in this 
County, for, about Holheach, Sutton^ znd Wainfleet, 
great Marfces have lately been taken in but North- 
ward of Ingold'Meals, it hath loft much more. I have 
ften the Roots of Trees, that have been Dug out of 
the Sands at low Water, near a Mile from the Shore, ji 
which I take to belong to Fir, the Bark fmelling Aroma- I 
tically, and fomewhat like that ot Fir^Timber in Piles, | 
that have been long in Salt-water, but not near fo ftrong ; 
and at Mawplethorpj they are often in danger of being 
Drowned, 
