THE 



COMPLETE ANGLER; 



OR, 



THE CONTEMPLATIVE MAN'S RECREATION; 



PART II. 



CHAPTER I. 



A Conference between a Country-Gentleman a Proficient in Fly-fishing, 



and a Traveller. 



PISCATOR JUNIOR, AND VIATOR. 



Pisc. You are happily overtaken, Sir: may a man be so bold 

 as to inquire how far you travel this way ? 



ViAT. Yes sure, Sir, very freely ; though it be a question I 

 cannot very well resolve you, as not knowing myself how far it 

 is to Ashborn, where I intend to-night to take up my inn. 



Pisc. Why then, Sir, seeing I perceive you to be a stranger 

 in these parts, I shall take upon me to inform you, that from the 

 town you last came through, called Brelsford, it is five miles ; 

 and you are not yet above half a mile on this side.* 



ViAT. So much ? I was told it was but ten miles from Derby ; 

 and, methinks, I have rode almost so far already. 



Pisc. O, Sir, find no fault with large measure of good land, 

 which Derbyshire abounds in, as much as most counties of 

 England. 



• Brelsford, or Brailsford, as it is now called, is six miles from Ash- 

 bourn, and Ashbourn thirteen miles from Derby. 



