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and we two will for that time do nothing but angle, and talk of 

 fish and fishing. 



Pisc. 'Tis a match, Sir, I'll not fail you, God willing, to be at 

 Amwell-hill* to-morrow mornins before sun-risinfj. 



* Amwell-hill, now called Amwellbury. This beautiful village is the 

 subject of a poem by John Scott, Esq., 1782, in which Walton is thus 

 alluded to. 



" It little yields 

 Of interesting art to swell the page 

 Of history or song ; yet much the soul 

 Its sweet simplicity delights, and oft 

 From noise of busy towns, to fields and groves 

 The muses' sons have fled to find repose. 

 Fam'd Walton, erst th' ingenious fisher swam 

 Oft our fair haunts explored : upon Lea's shore. 

 Beneath some green tree oft his angle laid. 

 His sport suspending to admire their charms." 



Sir H. JVichoIas 



