THE ANGLERS HOME. 



meadow ; and your beautiful lake, your Winder- 

 mere, partly seen where the valley expands 

 in the distance. 



PISCATOK. I am well content with my choice : 

 to me, it has much to recommend it ; climate, 

 scenery, and quietude, and this without soli- 

 tude. I hope, after the fatigues of yester- 

 day, you slept well, and are refreshed. 



AMICUS. That I did, and with great enjoy- 

 ment of my cool bed. I thought of tropical 

 heat, and the tropical annoyance of insects, and 

 enjoyed it the more. Have you ever hot nights 

 here? 



PISCATOR. I may say never ; and like you, 

 having felt, more than I ever wish to feel again, 

 the oppressive night's heat of the tropics, and 

 of the south of Europe and of the East in 

 summer, the coolness of the nights here, with 

 the absence of insects within doors, I hold to 

 be one of the blessings of the place. So cool is 

 it even in the height of summer early and 

 late, that we are seldom without a fire in the 

 morning and evening; this is a comfort a 

 word, by the by, untranslatable into the lan- 

 guages of the East, owing, I presume, to the 

 want of the reality. 



