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self from so strong a gut. Try again, there 

 are fish now rising above and below ; where 

 the water is in motion, opposite that willow, 

 there are two fish rising. 



PoiET. — I have one of them. 



Hal. — Now you are doing well. Down 

 with the boat, and drag your fish downwards. 

 Continue to do so, as there are weeds all 

 round you. You can master him now ; keep 

 him high, and he is your own. Put the net 

 under him, and bring him into the boat ; he 

 is a well-fed fish, but not of the proper size 

 for a victim : about 2 lbs. Now, Physicus, 

 try your fortune with the fish above that rises 

 so merrily still. You have him ! Now use 

 him as Poietes did the last. Very well ; I 

 see he is a large fish, — take your time. He 

 is landed ; a fish nearly of 3 lbs., and in ex- 

 cellent season. 



Phys. — Anche lo son Pescatore — I am, 

 too, a fisherman — a triumph. 



Hal. — Now we have finished our fishing, 

 and must return to the light supper of our 

 host. It would be easy now, and between 

 this hour and ten, to take half-a-dozen large 



