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I have on two occasions described a dredging trip, undertaken principally under the north line of coast, ranging from Whitenose outward, and off shore towards the spot where the East Indiaman "Abergavenny" struck and sank with three hundred souls, about fifty years ago. The place is still familiarly spoken of by the fishermen, under the ill-fated ship's name, or as they frequently abbreviate it, "the Abbey," and they pretend that the remains of the wreck may still be seen.

But frequently we varied the ground and its produce, by beating down to the southward, until we got