Swan marks of Lincolnshire burmese water carriers Wolves walk out of the

Wolves walk out of the tunnel

Bottom shows the pigeon-holes occupied by spectators

18th December 1960

DAMPIERS New Voyage to NEW HOLLAND &c

Swan marks of Lincolnshire burmese water carriers Wolves walk out of theNine swan marks issued by the Crown to landowners in the county of Lincolnshire, England, including to 'Sir John Hossye Knyght' [eg Sir John Hussey]. The marks illustrated here were incised in the beaks of the birds by a swan herd. The names of those with grants of swans are noted in the margin by each painted mark. Page 4 from Royal Society manuscript MS 106, a register of swan marks, kept by the Queen's swan herd, possibly a member of the Towneley