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they will presently rise up to the top again, and 

 there lie soaring till some shadow affrights them 

 again. I say, when they lie on the top of the 

 water, look out the best chu.b, which you, setting 

 yourself in a fit place, may very easily see, and 

 move your rod as softly as a snail moves, to that 

 chub you intend to catch ; let your bait fall gently 

 on the water three or four inches before him, and 

 he will infallibly take the bait. And you will be as 

 sure to catch him, for he is one of the leather- 

 mouthed fishes, of which a hook does scarcely ever 

 lose its hold, and therefore give him play enough 

 before you offer to take him out of the water. Go 

 your way presently, take my rod and do as I bid 

 you, and I will sit down and mend my tackling 

 till you return back. 



Ven. Truly, my loving master, you have offered 

 me as fair as I could wish. I '11 go and observe 

 your directions. 



Look you, master, what I have done ! that 

 which joys my heart, caught j.ust such another 

 chub as yours was. 



Pise. Marry ! and I am glad of it ; I am like to 

 have a towardly scholar of you. I now see that 

 with advice and practice you will make an angler 

 in a short time. Have but a love to it, and I '11 

 warrant you. 



Ven. But, master, what if I could not have found 

 a grasshopper? 



Pise. Then I may tell you that a black snail, 

 with his belly slit to show the white, or a piece of 



