198 SALMONIA. 



SEVENTH DAY. 



H ALIEUS - POIETES - ORNITHER - PHYSICUS. 



GRAYLING FISHING. 



Scene — Leint war dine, near Ludlow. 

 Time — Beginning of October. 



Hal. — You have reached your quarters. 

 Here is your home — a rural, peaceable, and 

 unassummg inn, with as worthy a host and 

 hostess as may be found in this part of the 

 country. The river glides at the bottom of the 

 garden, and there is no stream in England 

 more productive of grayling. The surround- 

 ing scenery is not devoid of interest, and the 

 grounds in the distance are covered with 

 stately woods, and laid out (or rather their 

 natural beauties developed) by the hand of a 

 master, whose liberal and enlightened mind 

 even condescended to regard the amuse- 

 ments of the angler; and he could hardly 



