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THAMES AflfiLEB 



CHAPTER I. 



C0NFBRBN4 E BETWEEN SMITH (COMMONLY CALLED PISCATOr), 



AN ANGLBB : BBOWJT, A TRAVELLSB : 



and BOsnraoN, 



BBCRBATION. 



/( >X/:s. A W F. A L T II V P AB T Y J 

 A MAN ABOUT TOWN: EACH COMMENDING HIS 



PlSCATOR. 



|OU are well overtaken, gentlemen. A good 



morning to you. I have stretched my lege up 

 the hill to Richmond Park, on my way to 

 Teddington Luck, whither I am bound this 

 delicious day. 

 Jones. And I. sir. have come down here by the 

 rail. I should tell you at the same time I have got 

 a carriage (and as handsome a one as you could well 

 see), which I gave 200 guineas for in Long Acre. 

 But my wife and daughters are making morning 

 calls to-day ; so I came down by train to look at a 

 little property hereabouts for sale. It may be had for a few 



