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very brinks of famous Leven ; whose fields are 

 inhabited by the clan of the Stewarts. 



Theoph. A royal name ; but a loyal poor clan, 

 as I am told. 



Am. It's true enough ; so let us relinquish 

 the suburbs of Leven, to trace the flourishing 

 skirts of Calvin, whose smiling streams invite 

 the angler to examine them ; for here one would 

 think the stones were steep'd in the oil of Oes- 

 pres, to invite the fish to come ashore : where 

 you may observe every bubling stream reflect a 

 smile on the amorous banks, covered with green, 

 and enamell'd with flowers. Here also the syl- 

 vans upon shady bushes bathe themselves in sil- 

 ver streams ; and where trouts, to sport and di- 

 vert the angler, will leap on shore, though with 

 the loss of their lives : so that if demonstration 

 be truth, and eye-sight evidence to convince the 

 incredulous, there's not a rivulet in Scotland, 

 upon the angler's examination, superexcels this 

 Calvin, for diversion with small trout ; whose 

 translucid streams, because so rich in themselves, 

 and so numerous in trouts, make them not over- 

 curious of self-preservation ; for with a rod in my 

 hand (but I almost blush to report it, because 

 suspecting the incredulity of some incredulous 

 persons) I have ushered to those pleasant and 

 delightful shores, ten or twelve brace of trouts 

 in an hour. 



