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THE AUTHOR AFIER GIVING HIS RECIPE FOR POTTING FISH, CONTINUETH HIS 

 INSTRUCTIONS IN THE ART OF TROWING. 



SCENE. As before. TIME. Night. THEOPHILUS and 

 HERBERT seated before a smoking dish. 



Herb. I must say, these little " speckled 

 beauties" of yours, are delicious. 



Theoph. Are they not ? And well worth the 

 trouble of learning to catch too. Here is enough 

 to whet your appetite in search of them. 



Herb.- -Never fear : but pray what are they ? 



Theoph. They are called par; but what they 

 are has puzzled most of the wise heads that have 

 ever been " a-fishing," and a few more in the 

 shape of pure ichthyologists and naturalists to 

 boot. As I have to teach you how to " first 

 catch your hare," I cannot stop, just now, to 

 give you my opinion; but, for the present, shall 

 merely tell you, in order to excite your observa- 



