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

 INSTRUCTIONS IN THE ART OF TROWING. 



SCENE. As before. TIME. Night. THEOPH ILUS 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- 



