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THE AUTHOR MERGETH INTO A DRAMATIC READING J AND TRANSPORTINO 

 HIMSELF INTO A PLEASANT SPOT, THERE MEETETH HIS FRItND HERUERT, 

 WHOM HE INSTUUCTETH IN SUNDRY MATTERS. 



Scene. — The Road at Trefriew, between Conway and 

 Llanrwst, North Wales. 



Personages. — TiiEOPHiLUS and Herbert. 



Theoph. — Ah ! well met ! We are at last to- 

 gether. Welcome, most welcome, Herbert, to 

 Wales and all its rich sources of the fisherman's 

 delight. 



Herh^ — Thanks, my most worthy Piscator ! 

 How pleased I am to see you once again : so long- 

 e'er I expected the light of your countenance to 

 shine upon me ! Were you determined in this meet- 

 ing to bring back the reminiscence of our colloquy 

 two years since, as we journeyed together through 

 this very country ? Be it so ; you have succeeded. 

 Here it was, I remember, that for the first time 

 you implanted in my " untutored" mind, the 

 seeds of that taste which neither success nor dis- 

 appointment in the attempt you promise to assist 



