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necessary observations. But, above all, mind 

 carefully the clifts of those craggy rocks, from 

 whence you must expect the head of your game, 

 if you angle for trout. And be circumspect and 

 cautious when and how you strike, lest perad- 

 venture passion provoke your discretion, so in- 

 danger the loss of what you labour for. 



The&ph. These are soveraign admonitions. 



Arn. Mind, therefore, your directions, and 

 fish like an artist ; for here, if your line but 

 reach the water, you raise a trout, or, it may be, 

 a salmon. Where, note, if you be indigent of 

 this generous art, and unskilful to manage so 

 eminent an encounter, perchance you'l sacrifice 

 your labours to loss, so in conclusion lose your 

 reputation. 



Theoph. I shall be mindful of that. 



Arn. Then direct your eye to those bubbling 

 streams, at whose murmuring descents are most 

 profound deeps. But then, again, there's cata- 

 racts and falls of water ; from whose fair invita- 

 tions neither doubt nor despair of incomparable 

 entertainments. That's the Sirene's seat of tro- 

 phies, where trouts tumble up and down for di- 

 version. Don't you see them pick, and cast 

 themselves on the surface of the streams amongst 

 those knotty stumpy rocks, almost drown'd in 

 water? Lay but your line in at the tail of that 

 stream, where it's sheltred with craggy rocky 



