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Volume 8 · 85 words · 1778 Edition

a town of Suffolk in England, seated on the sea-coast between two channels. It was formerly a good fishing-town, but has now lost its trade; however, it has the title of an earldom, and sends two members to parliament. Here is a handsome church, whose steeple is a good sea-mark; and near it are the ruins of an old castle, and an holy house, where the fishermen wives used to pray for the safety of their husbands. E. Long. 1° 33'. N. Lat. 52° 15'.