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that I kill'd these trouts ; nor is there any bait 

 that excels it at the tail of a bush, or the brow 

 of a bank, provided always you appear least in 

 sight ; dibble but lightly on the surface of the 

 calms, you infallibly raise him ; and the better 

 to secure him, stand but close, and you certainly 

 kill him. 



Theoph. This plain discovery speaks both 

 theory and practice. Such instructions as these 

 (except to an indigent artist) will indisputably 

 compleat him an angler in an instant. 



Arn. Come then, if you please, let us lap up 

 our lines, and trace these pleasant fields to the 

 town of Carlisle, where we may refresh ourselves 

 with the country curiosities. 



Tlieoph. I think it very good and wholesome 

 advice, to comply with your motion for a mo- 

 dicum : For when the water with exercise exti- 

 mulates our stomachs, I fancy diet will relish 

 better than discourse ; and when we have closed 

 up the orifice of our appetites, clean linen, I 

 fancy, will be very acceptable. Then for the 

 morning watch, trust to my diligence, for I'll 

 rise with the sun, or it may be before day, to be 

 in readiness to survey this ancient city, citadel, 

 castle, cathedral, ports, vanports, curtains, coun- 

 terscarps, bastions, redoubts, &c. of all which I 

 purpose a brief description, and that you may 

 expect before our departure. 



