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directed ; and is here given without addition or 

 abridgment. The only corrections necessary were 

 in the names of the parties, in which the reporter 

 had committed a few venial errors : for instance, 

 designating Tweddell as "Mr. Saunders," from 

 having heard us once or twice familiarly address 

 him as "Sandy;" calling Simpson "Mr. Simons," 

 and waggishly locating him as a slopseller, in 

 Houndsditch ; and writing ourselves " The Old 

 Fisher," in consequence of mistaking our siirname 

 for a mere agnomen, or professional designation. 

 The songs, which were a good deal mangled, are 

 restored, under the revision of Mr. Tweddell. 



REPORT OF THE EVENING SITTING OF A PISCATORY 

 TRIO, AT THE KING'S ARMS, RYE HOUSE. 



The speakers Simpson, Tweddell, and Fisher 

 dined at four ; and at five business commenced by 



SIMPSON proposing a toast : "To the pious and 

 immortal memory of Izaak Walton." 



(Bumpers pints of old Staffordshire ale, drank 

 in solemn silence.) 



FISHER (after a deep sigh, to recover his breath). 

 A toast worth drinking in the ' ' language of the 

 cabaret," as a great man called Shakspeare's phrase 

 " pottle deep." A noble subject ! and better ale 

 I scarcely ever drank, colour of a beautiful amber, 

 clear as sherry, and fragrant as a handful of new- 

 picked hops a perfect nosegay. Observe that 

 wasp, whose wings are rather stiff with rheumatic 



