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embryo, the marvellous circulation of the blood, 

 its double course through the gills, corre- 

 sponding to the lungs, and through the body, 

 from the mere impulse of the ever-acting 

 heart ; with other particulars, of a curious kind, 

 which you may well imagine. Now we are at 

 the margin of the lake, let us follow the same 

 plan as at Goodie Tarn ; you go in one direction, 

 I in the other. The fresh breeze that has 

 sprung up is in our favour. As we part where 

 the rivulet enters, I think we may calculate on 

 meeting where, in a somewhat fuller stream, 

 the out-flowing one starts on its downward 

 journey. 



AMICUS. We have met as you calculated ; and 

 unless you have had much better sport than I 

 can boast of, I infer, as it is getting late, you 

 will not be disposed to make another circuit. 

 I have taken only three fish, trouts of herring 

 size. 



PISCATOK. And I have taken only twice that 

 number, and the largest little larger than 

 yours ; but they are well fed, and will appear 

 to advantage, if you compare them with any 

 we may take in our descent; and it' may be 



