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tions I was instructed that a sort of flourish should 

 be made, consisting of two segments of a circle, 

 just as birds are drawn in prints ; and this is 

 doing trees in twos in threes, another segment 

 was added ; and thus the mystery was solved, 

 the whole was executed in a running flourish with 

 admirable facility. I cannot conscientiously aver 

 that any one of the leaves of the sketch books of 

 these intelligent young ladies contained what 

 might be termed a drawing, but still there was 

 something about them that might put a person of 

 imagination very much in mind of drawings." 



Thus, having beguiled the attention of Mr. 

 Tintern (for that was the stranger's name) from 

 the summits in which he had been soaring, I found 

 him quite ready to receive an impression of a more 

 humble kind, and he attended me in my walk, 

 nothing loth. I was very much gratified with his 

 company; for, besides his talent and simplicity 

 of character, there was such an appearance of 

 benevolent feeling in much of his conversation, 

 which I have not thought it necessary to mention, 

 that no one could avoid being taken with him. 



I commenced operations at the Carry-wheel, 

 which is nearly at the head of the Pavilion-water, 

 and had not made four casts before I hooked a fish. 

 He was evidently diminutive; but, dwarf as he 

 was, he thought a good deal of himself, and was 

 prodigal of the little strength which nature had 

 given him. I thought him conceited, and so hauled 

 him on shore at once without any ceremony. He 

 proved to be a river trout of four pounds a silly- 

 looking creature enough. 



