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fine are these woods! How beautiful these 

 banks! and the hills in the distance approach 

 to the character of mountains; and the pre- 

 cipitous cliff which forms the summit of that 

 distant elevation, looks like a diluvian monu- 

 ment, and as if it had been bared and torn 

 by a deluge which it had stemmed. 



Hal. — It is one of the Clee hills, and its 

 termination is basaltic, and such rocks 

 usually assume such forms. But though 

 this spot is beautiful, to-morrow, I hope to 

 show you a still more exquisite landscape, — 

 cliffs and woods, and gushing waters, of a 

 character still more romantic. We will re- 

 turn to our inn by a shorter road; but tell 

 me, have you caught a large fish amongst 

 you and preserved him for crimping? 



Poiet. — We have preserved two fishes in 

 the barrel, but I fear they are much below 

 your proposed size. 



Hal. — They are good fish, and of the 

 average size of the large grayling in this 

 stream — about l|lbs. but they will make a 

 good variety placed in the middle of the 

 fried fish. And how many have you caught 

 altogether? 



