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only, and that early and late. Yet if there be 

 a whiftJing Wind in the Evening, dib in the 

 Hill Steeps with an artificial Stone-fly^ where 

 and when it will murder the bed Filh, Some- 

 times you may pull off the Wings of the Sto/te- 

 fly^ and angle with it within Water. 



When you bait any Sort of Fly, let youf 

 Fingers be dry : And in ufing it, keep out of 

 Sight, if pofTible : For to fiih fine and far off, 

 is the great Rule in all Manner of Fly-angling, 



To conclude, how delightful is every Spe- 

 cies of this Diverfion, in fuch a Paradife as 

 i\\Q Poet defcribes I 



Behkd^ where iklders fr6?n the Weather 

 fcreefiy 

 Before, the Lawn prefents Hs lengthened Scene ; 

 Clofe on that Side trills f oft the empying Brook, 

 While ihhfrejh Woods and Jloping Hlils o^er- 



look : 

 Tkdck over-head the Rofe and ^oo^hint meet. 

 Uniting Shade to Shade ^ and Sweet to S-weet : 

 The Fcd' and bloomy Bean their Odours yield. 

 And new-fnown }l^.y perfumes the fragrant 



Fteld, 

 To hear the Nighting-ale delights the Meads, 

 And Grafshoppers chirp Jhr ill amid the Reeds \ 

 While from the]? infold^ there, the Mating Shtcp 

 Chear the fill Twilight, and divert from Sleep: 

 The GaleV Pofiime, the EchoV 7m?nic Sound, 

 The Nightbird'j Song, and Low ofKmt around: 

 In hcllow Banks the Hum of inuft^ring Bees, 

 And Zephyrs whifp*rin7foft amid the Trees. 

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