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is cleanly, wuh lavender in the sheets, and 

 twenty ballads stuck about the wall ! There 

 he can enjoy the company of a talkative 

 brother sportsman, have his trouts dressed 

 for supper, tell tales, sing old tunes, or make 



a catch ! There he can talk of the wonders 

 of nature with learned admiration, or find 

 some harmless sport to content him, and pass 

 away a little time, without offence to God, or 

 injury to man! 



5 A* 



