2O2 Pike Pool. 



pupil Viator who, be it remembered, is 

 also the Venator of Walton's " Discourse " 

 to a scene on the Dove, which causes 

 the visitor to exclaim, 



" Viator. But what have we got here ? 

 A Rock springing up in the middle of the 

 River ! This is one of the oddest sights, 

 that ever I saw. 



" Piscator. Why, Sir, from that Pike,* 

 that you see standing up there distant from 

 the Rock, this is calPd Pike-Pool; and 

 young Mr. Izaac Walton was so pleas'd 

 with it, as to draw it in Landscape in black 

 and white in a blank Book I have at home, 

 as he has done several prospects of my 

 house also, which I keep for a memorial 

 of his favour, and will shew you, when we 

 come up to dinner. 



* Walton added this marginal note in smaller 

 type: "Tis a Rock, in the fashion of a Spire- 

 Steeple; and almost as big. It stands in the 

 midst of the River Dove; and not far from Mr. 

 Cotton's house, below which place this delicate 

 River takes a swift Carere betwixt many mighty 

 Rocks, much higher and bigger than St. Pauls 

 Church, before 'twas burnt. And this Dove 

 being oppos'd by one of the highest of them, 

 has, at last, forc't itself a way through it ; and 

 after a miles concealment, appears again with 

 more glory and beauty than before that opposi- 

 tion ; running through the most pleasant Valleys 

 and most fruitful Meadows, that this Nation can 

 justly boast of." 



