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the River was found in fome places to lye in Rigg and Fur^ 
^ manifefting thereby that it had been plow'd and tilled in 
former days. 
My good Friend, Mr Edr^* Canby of this Town, told me 
yefternight, that about 50 years ago, under a great Tree in 
this Parilh was found an old fhaped Knife, wiih a Haft of 
a very hard black fort of Wood, which had a Cap of Cop- 
per or Brafs on the one end, and a Hoop of the fame Me- 
tal on the other end, where the Blade went into it. Which 
Blade foon mouldering away, the faid Mr Canby Y2i\mug the 
Haft exceedingly, got a new Blade put therein, with this 
Verfc upon it. 
Ever fince NoV EloocL vpas 1 left^ 
My old Blades confumd^ but this Is the Haft. 
The fame Gentleman alfo found an Oak Tree within his 
Mores 40 yards long, 4 yards Diametrically thick at the 
great end, 3 yards and a foot in the middle, and two yards 
over at the fmall end, fo that by moderate computation,, 
the Tree feems to have been ay long again, lor which he 
had^2o /. proffered. At another time he found a Pitch or 
Firr-Tree 36 yards long, befidesthe computed length there- 
of, which might well be 15 yards more. So that there 
hath been exceeding great Trees in thefe Levels^ that which 
is alfo very ftrange, is that about 5© years ago, at the very 
bottom of a Turf-pit, was found a Man lying at his length, 
with his Head upon his Arm, as in a common pofture of 
fleep, whofe skin being as it were tann'd,by the More Wa- 
ter preferved hisftiapeintire, but within, his Fle(h,andmofi: 
of his Bones were confumed and gone, an Arm of whom 
one of the Workmen cut off, and brought home to his Ma- 
tter, which is now in the poiTeiflion of my honoured 
Friend, and great Antiquary Dr t^at. Johnfon^ whofe Anti- 
quities of this Country are earneftly expefted by all Ingeni- 
ous men. 
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