144 THE ANGLER'S EVENING MEAL. 



the sky, that depending too on water, or 

 aqueous vapour. Pray what is the rock ? Is 

 it not granite ? 



PISCATOR. In its forms it resembles granite, 

 and belongs, I infer, to the same formation; 

 but in composition it is different ; I have some 

 difficulty in giving it a name. Compact and 

 finely crystalline, it is probably felspathic ; the 

 light hue it acquires from the effect of wea- 

 thering is in accordance. Now let us sit down 

 to our evening meal. Our kind hostess has 

 her kettle boiling, her little round table spread 

 before the wood fire, and some roasted potatoes 

 ready. With the tea we have brought with us, 

 and the remains of our piece of spiced beef, and 

 the bread, butter, and milk she will provide, 

 we cannot fail, if you have such an appetite 

 as I have, making a hearty good comfortable 

 meal. We are to have the room to ourselves, 

 this outer room, " the house," as it is provin-> 

 cially called, not the inner, the spacious one in 

 which we have just put our rods, and which 

 I believe is never used excepting on grand 

 occasions, such as the yearly clipping-feast, 

 a christening, or a wedding. 



AMICUS. Why, this is more than comfort 



