The Compleat ^Angler 



county of Derby, is bounded by little inconsiderable rivers, as 

 Awber, Eroways, and the like, scarce worth naming, but trouty, too ; 

 and further we are not to enquire. But, sir, I have carried you, as 

 a man may say, by water, till we are now come to the descent of the 

 formidable hill I told you of, at the foot of which runs the river 

 Dove, which I cannot but love above all the rest ; and therefore 

 prepare yourself to be a little frighted. 



VIAT. Sir, I see you would fortify me, that I should not shame 

 myself : but I dare follow where you please to lead me ; and I see 

 no danger yet ; for the descent, methinks, is thus far green, even, 

 and easy. 



Pise. You will like it worse presently, when you come to the brow 

 of the hill ; and now we are there, what think you ? 



VIAT. What do I think ? Why I think it is the strangest place 

 that ever, sure, men and horses went down ; and that (if there be any 

 safety at all) the safest way is to alight. 



Pise. I think so too, for you, who are mounted upon a beast not 

 acquainted with these slippery stones ; and though I frequently ride 



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