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of an anecdote which I remember to have 

 heard respecting the late eloquent statesman, 

 Charles James Fox; who, walking up Bond 

 Street from one of the club houses with an 

 illustrious personage, laid him a wager that 

 he would see more cats than the Prince in 

 his walk, and that he might take which side 

 of the street he liked. When they got to 

 the top, it was found that Mr. Fox had seen 

 thirteen cats, and the Prince not one. The 

 royal personage asked for an explanation of 

 this apparent miracle ; Mr. Fox said, " Your 

 Royal Highness took, of course, the shady 

 side of the way, as most agreeable; I knew 

 that the sunny side would be left to me, and 

 cats always prefer the sunshine." 



Hal. — There! Poietes; by following my 

 advice you have immediately hooked a fish ; 

 and while you are catching a brace, I will 

 tell you an anecdote, which is as much re- 

 lated to fly fishing as that of Physicus, and 

 which affords an elucidation of a particular 

 effect of light. 



A manufacturer of carmine, who was 

 aware of the superiority of the French 



