POTTED CHARE. 



clay. CJay is composed of disintegrated par- 

 ticles of extreme fineness most easily suspended 

 in water, and consequently can never find 

 their rest till they are carried to a place of 

 rest from the mountains where abraded, and 

 from the higher levels, to the plains and lower 

 levels; and thus transported, happily from 

 regions where clay is less needed, that is, where 

 there is most rain, to those where it is most 

 wanted, the plains, where there is less rain, 

 and being specially retentive of moisture, and 

 giving it out slowly, it thus, in a manner, 

 compensates for the deficiency. 



AMICUS. How good are these potted fish 

 which I have been enjoying along with your 

 eulogy of the district ! Are they the famed 

 charr of your lake, or trout ? One pleasant 

 property belonging to - them is their freedom 

 from bones. Is this in consequence of solution 

 in the process of cooking, or one of the felicities 

 specially belonging to a fish of your favoured 

 country ? 



PISCATOE. You are not serious, I know, in 

 asking the latter question ; but I will answer 

 you seriously. As to your first question, were 

 you at an inn, the waiter probably would call 



