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ing his head. Be sure there is a fish there. 

 He strikes, and with effect ! Behold the prize, 

 " a mort," of at least three pounds, a fresh- 

 run fish, and in excellent condition. 



AMICUS. A most easy and rude way this of 

 fishing, and well deserving the name of poach- 

 ing : yet, truly on the part of the man, it is a 

 prostration with profitable effect ! If there be 

 many of these hods, and they are well attended 

 to, the angling cannot be good. 



PISCATOE. Indeed they are too many, every 

 small proprietor having one or more, spoiling 

 the river for fair angling, except shortly after a 

 fresh, such as that which the late heavy rains 

 have produced, and which has tempted me to 

 bring you here, when at this season we may be 

 pretty sure that a good many fish have run up 

 from the sea ; and now that the water is clear- 

 ing, we may have a tolerable chance of success. 

 " Landlord, I know you intend a portion of this 

 fish to be on the table at our dinner. Let it, if 

 you please, be the tail portion: and do tell 

 your good woman, who is not above taking and 

 remembering a hint from an old and travelled 

 angler, to boil it, and in the manner I described 

 to her when I was last* here." 



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