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sooner interpreted, but hastned to the shore as 

 fast as I could ; for by their seeming disorder, 

 as I then apprehended, some unexpected acci- 

 dent had hapned amongst them. So that I for- 

 cibly forced my passage through the thickest 

 waves ; and being by this time arrived on shore, 

 I was entertained with the unwelcome news of 

 my land-spaniel's indisposition ; but too late, I 

 found, to rescue him from death. So reflecting 

 on my self, that beginnings have conclusions, I 

 directed my steps back again to the boat, to re- 

 cover my armed tackle left behind, on purpose 

 to surprize such fish as were shame-fac'd to bite 

 before me. 



Now this was the third time I entred the boat, 

 in order to pursue my angling enterprize : when 

 a fresh summons alarms me from the ecchoing 

 shores, to come back and testify another strange 

 accident, not inferiour to the former ; because to 

 stand by as an evidence, and see my greyhound- 

 bitch lie a-dying, whom I presently found as 

 stiff as a stake, (or a stump) whilst as yet her 

 body was as warm as wool ; nor could I say she 

 was totally dead, yet I'm sure she was altogether 

 deprived of motion. So I hastned from the morts, 

 and returned to the Lough, to draw up my lines 

 which I left behind me ; and though having met 

 with two such fatal discouraging accidents (with 



