THE COMPLETE ANGLER 



PART THE SECOND 

 CHAPTER I 



PlSCATOR JUNIOR, AND VlATOR 



Pise. You are happily overtaken, Sir ; may a man be 

 so bold as to enquire how far you travel this way ? 



VIAT. Yes sure, Sir, very freely ; though it be a 

 question I cannot very well resolve you, as not knowing 

 myself how far it is to Ashborn, where I intend to-night 

 to take up my inn. 



Pise. Why then, Sir, seeing I perceive you to be a 

 stranger in these parts, I shall take upon me to inform 

 you, that from the town you last came through, called 

 Brelsford,* it is five miles ; and you are not yet above 

 half a mile on this side. 



VIAT. So much ? I was told it was but ten miles 

 from Derby ; and, methinks, I have rode almost so far 

 already. 



Pise. O Sir, find no fault with large measure of good 

 land, which Derbyshire abounds in, as much as most 

 counties of England. 



VIAT. It may be so ; and good land, I confess, 

 affords a pleasant prospect : but, by your good leave, 



* Now spelt " Brailsford." It is a mere road-side village. Brails- 

 ford brook was once celebrated for its trout. I cannot speak highly 

 of it now. E. 



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