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HISTORY OF DECOYS.

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    The site of the Dowsby Decoy is a level field, and no traces of it remain.
Within a mile NE. of the latter is the Aslackby Decoy. A mile still farther north are four other pools close together, the most eastern of which is the Millyard Farm Decoy; these four Decoys all being close to the N. bank of the Sempringham drain in Sempringharn Fen, and within 3 miles E. of Billingborough.
    South Kyme Decoy.-Still travelling north, we reach the above in South Kyme Fen, close to the W. bank of Holland Dyke, 2 miles SE. of South Kyme, and 6 miles SSW. of Tattershall. This is the "600 Decoy" alluded to on page 114, and which derived its name from a farm called the "600," that being the number of acres connected with the latter.
    North Kyme Decoy, 3 miles NNW. of the last, 2 miles SSE. of Billinghay, and 4½ miles SW. of Tattershall. This Decoy was placed at the W. corner of Drury Dyke, in North Kyme Fen.
    Timberland Decoy, in Timberland Fen, 3½ miles E. of Timberland, close to the W. bank of the Dales Head Dyke.
    Nocton Hall Decoy, on the estate of the Marquis of Ripon, in Nocton Fen. The Decoy is 2½ miles SE. of Potter Hanworth, and 8 miles SE. of Lincoln. The pond is about 2 acres, had five pipes, and is placed in an ash wood Of 14 acres. Seventy to eighty years ago immense numbers of Duck were taken here, and even now as many as a couple of hundred will collect on the water.


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