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artificial flies, like to those that the Trout loves best; 

 and, also, how to use them ? 



Pise. My honest scholar, it is now past five of the 

 clock : we will fish till nine ; and then go to breakfast. 

 Go you to yon sycamore-tree, and hide your bottle 

 of drink under the hollow root of it ; for about that 

 time, and in that place, we will make abrave breakfast 

 with a piece of powdered beef, and a radish or two 

 that I have in my fish-bag ; we shall, I warrant you, 

 make a good, honest, wholesome, hungry breakfast. 

 And I will, then, give you direction for the making 

 and using of your flies : and in the mean time, there 

 is your rod and line, and my advice is, that you fish 

 as you see me do, and let's try which can catch the 

 first fish. 



Ven. 1 thank you, master ! I will observe and 

 practise your direction as far as I am able. 



Pise. Look you, scholar ! you see I have hold of a 

 good fish : I now see it is a Trout : I pray, put that 

 net under him ; and touch not my line, for if you do, 

 then we break all. \Yell done, scholar ! I thank you. 



Now, for another. Trust me, I have another bite : 

 Come, scholar, come lay down /our rod, and help me 

 to land this as you did the other. So, now, we shall 

 be sure to have a good dish of fish for supper. 



Ven. I am glad of that ; but I have no fortune ; 

 sure, master ! yours is a better rod and better tackling, 



Pise* Nay. then, take mine ; and I will fish with 

 yours. Look you, scholar ! 1 have another. Come, 

 do as you did before. And now I have a bite at an- 

 other. Oh me ! he has broke all ; there's half a line 

 and a good hook lost. 



Ven. Ay, and a good Trout too. 



Pise. Nay, the Trout is not lost ; for, pray ! take 

 notice, no man can loose what he never had. 



Ven. Master ! I can neither catch with the first 

 nor second angle : I have no fortune. 



Pise. Look you, scholar ! I have yet another. 

 And, now, having caught three brace of Trouts, I will 

 tell you a short tale as we walk towards our breakfast : 

 A scholar, a preacher I should sav, that was to preach 



