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having been made of this Transgression, the reverend Owner ordered the Sinner to be slain, and entombed, Feathers and all, declaring that not a Remnant of so flagitious an Offender should be seen about his House; the Order was accordingly executed, but at Night, the newly-created Sexton, a Resurrection-man, we presume, raised the dead, and the Day following, regaled himself and his family on the delinquent Turkey!

In IRELAND, Turkeys are in Abundance, so much so, that in the County of CORK there is a FAIR kept for the Sale of Turkeys. The Warmth of the Cabins, into which the Fowls are always admitted, is exceedingly favourable to their Increase, it renders them more prolific in Eggs, and the Young, by sharing in the Habitation of the Family, can be reared with much greater Ease.

The Sternness of a Farmer, resisting Sportsmen from passing through his Grounds, took place in the Vicinity of THETFORD, where JAMES the First had a Hunting Seat; the abrupt Remonstrance of the Farmer, disgusted the KING, and it is said an Action of Trespass was brought, and the Plaintiff insisted upon

unreasonable Damages.

The House was

given to Sir PHILIP WODEHOUSE, is now the Property of a private Gentleman, but still bears the Appellation of "The KING'S House."

We here repeat an Instance of the Power exerted by the Ecclesiastics, in former Times, for the Preservation of their Game, ROBERT DE MORLEY, having killed some of the BISHOP'S Deer, and otherwise infringed upon his Manors, when WILLIAM BATEMAN filled the See of NORWICH, about the Year 1345, fell under the Lash of the Consistorial Court; and notwithstanding the KING sent prohibitory Letters, accompanied by Menaces, to stay the Proceedings, the powerful Baron felt the Weight of the Prelate's Resentment. He was openly excommunicated, and, to make his Peace, was constrained to do public Penance, by walking through the principal Streets of the City, bare headed and bare footed, bearing a Wax light in his Hand, of six pounds Weight. When arrived at the Cathedral, he was compelled to kneel before the BISHOP, Solicit his Pardon, and make an ample Offering upon the high Altar, for his Offence.

Amongst the Eminent Men, this County has given Birth to, and one whose Writings have an intimate Connection with the subject of RURAL SPORTS, or at least with the History of that Animal, which most essentially promotes their successful Pursuit; we shall mention JOHN KAYE, better known by his Latinized Name of CAIUS, a renowned Physician in the Reign of Queens MARY and ELIZABETH, Who was born at Norwich, Anno 1510. His Treatise De Canibus, or an Account of the whole Race of British Dogs, was a masterly Performance for the Age in which it was written. It was composed at the Request of his Friend GESNER; and established his Fame on the Continent, for his Skill in Natural History. In a Progress of JAMES the First, to Cambridge, as he passed through CAIUS COLLEGE, which the Doctor had founded, the MASTER, as a Compliment to the MONARCH's Learning, and also to that of the FOUNDER, presented the KING, with KAYE'S History of the University, upon which, JAMES observed, "Give me rather CAIUS de Canibus." No greater Stamp of the intrinsic Value of this Work can be affixed, than its having been selected out of all the Publications on the Subject, by PEN

NANT, to embellish his BRITISH ZOOLOGY, as the most judicious synoptic Arrangement he could find. Like the great LINNEUS, KAYE united with Medicine, every Branch of LEARNING, and wrote on a Variety of scientific Topics. He died July 29th, 1573, and was buried in his owN COLLEGE CHAPEL, and upon upon his Tomb is this laconic, but

energetic Inscription,

FUI CAIUS.

Vivit post Funera Virtus.

RICHARD PORSON, the late GREEK Professor in the University of CAMBRIDGE, was born at RUSTON, or East Riston, in this County, Anno 1759, and died 1808, having concluded a short, but ever memorable Life, in the Annals of LITERATURE. His profound Ability, and elaborate Accuracy as a Grecian Scholar, are most evidently and elegantly expressed, in his Criticisms and Emendations of Authors in that Language.

NORFOLK ranks peculiarly high in having given Birth to NAVAL Officers, whose Services have been displayed, in some of the most critical Periods of our History. At Cock

Thorpe were born, the distinguished Admirals, Sir JOHN NAR FORD, Sir CHRISTOPHER MYNNES, and Sir CLOUDESLY SHOVEL. At Docking, Lord HAWKE, and at Burnham Thorpe, Viscount NELSON. Without a Desire to derogate from the valiant Deeds of the former, we may assert of the latter, that NELSON lived in the midst of Conquest, and died in the Arms of Victory. He has bequeathed to his COUNTRY, the immortal Memory of his Example, and to his CoUNTRYMEN, the invaluable Legacy of his Glory and his Fame.-HISTORY has rarely recorded his Equal, and no People can point to the Gallery of their NAVAL HEROES, and say, That MAN was his SUPERIOR. He fell, and his Loss was as deeply felt, as it was deeply deplored:-But he will live for EVER in the Annals of MARITIME EXPLOIT and dignify with the Lustre of his Name, that NATION, whose GREATNESS he exalted by his VALOUR, and whose INDEPENDENCE he confirmed by his VICTORIES.

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