COLLOQUY IX. 

 The Duddon and its course. 



AMICUS. 



HEEE shall our next angling ex- 

 cursion be? I hope to the Dud- 

 don; that river so well sung by 

 the poet. 



PISCATOR. Your wish is my law. Let it be 

 to the Duddon, " that cloud-born stream," and 

 that you may see it well, we will ascend to its 

 birth-place, and follow it downwards. Carpe 

 diem should be the angler's motto, and in more 

 senses than one ; so, if you please, we will 

 presently set out. In half an hour we shall be 

 able to make our preparations and have our 

 horses ready. We will not go by the beaten 

 way, but by the pleasantest, as the seeing the 

 country will be as much an object in this excur- 

 sion a-s in our ]ast to the vale of St. John. 



