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CHAPTER V. TO CHAPTER XVI. 



PISCATOR AND VENATOR. 



PISCATOR. Good-morrow, good hostess, I see my brother 

 Peter is still in bed. Come, give my scholar and me l a 

 morning-drink, and a bit of meat to breakfast : and be sure to get 

 a dish of meat or two against supper, for we shall come home as 

 hungry as hawks. Come, scholar, let's be going. 



VENATOR. 2 Well now, good master, as we walk towards the 

 river, give me direction, according to your promise, how I shall 

 fish for a Trout. 



PISCATOR. My honest scholar, I will take this very convenient 

 opportunity to do it. 



The Trout is usually caught with a worm, or a minnow, which 

 some call a penk, or with a fly, vise., either a natural or an arti- 

 ficial fly : concerning which three, I will give you some observations 

 and directions. 



And, first, for worms. Of these there be very many sorts : 



VARIATIONS. 



1 and me a cup of ale, and be sure you get us a good dish of meat, &c. 



2 Viator. Good master, as we walk towards the water, will you be plea 



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the way seem shorter by telling me first the nature of the Trout, and then how to catch 

 him? 



