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THE COMPLETE ANGLER. 



[part I. 



rise, and have given her no rest since we came ; 

 sure she will hardly escape all these dogs and men. 

 I am to have the skin if we kill her. 



Ven. Why, Sir, what's the skin worth ? 



Hunt. Tis worth ten shillings to make gloves ; 

 the gloves of an Otter are the best fortification for 

 your hands that can be thought on against wet 

 weather. 



Pise. I pray, honest Huntsman, let me ask you 

 a pleasant question : Do you hunt a beast or a fish ? 



Hunt. Sir, it is not in my power to resolve you, 

 I leave it to be resolved by the College of Carthu- 

 sians, who have made vows never to eat flesh. But 

 I have heard the question hath been debated among 

 many great clerks, and they seem to differ about it ; 

 yet most agree that her tail is fish : and if her body 

 be fish too, then I may say, that a fish will walk 



