100 INCONGRUOUS SCENERY. 



desolate wild Screes with which they stand so 

 in contrast. 



PISCATOR. As a matter of taste, I am dis- 

 posed to agree with you. Yet I almost envy 

 the proprietor of that pretty villa, and I cer- 

 tainly cannot but admire his courage in having 

 selected such a spot for his residence, and in 

 having planted so largely. Who would have 

 supposed that trees could so flourish here, for 

 already, you see, there are many of a respect- 

 able size ? You too, I think, might envy the 

 proprietor were you to land and see how, 

 from some points of view, the incongruity you 

 complain of disappears, as is the case when 

 the wood forms either the foreground or the 

 middle distance to the landscape, adding beauty 

 to almost sublimity. 



AMICUS. Our fishing in returning has been 

 little better than our trolling. I have taken 

 only two small trouts, and you, I perceive, have 

 taken only two or three more, and the largest 

 of them under half-a-pound. 



PISCATOR. The wind and weather have not 

 favoured us ; let us hope for better success to- 

 morrow morning. 



