LETTER NO. IV 



WALK TO ILAM WATER OUZEL NETTLES AND 

 WASPS BAT CAUGHT BY FLY. 



"Shepherd. Hoo the swarm's raging wud ! The 

 hummin' heavens is ower het to haud them and if ae 

 leader chances to cast his ee hither, we are lost. For 

 let but ane set the example, and in a moment there'll be 

 a charge o' beggonets." Nodes Ambrosiance. 



AST night I had another turn at 

 the river, but nothing came of it 

 more remarkable than the usual 

 good wetting. I started, it is 

 true, with sanguine expectations, inspired partly 

 by my grand success of the day before, and 

 partly by the advice of an aristocratic friend 

 whom I met on the way. 



On reaching the water where the wooden 

 bridge crosses it, I saw a man leisurely re- 

 clining on the rails, and seemingly in blissful 



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