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tional and adjoining cure, that of Ulpha ; be- 

 lieving that he could not perform rightly the 

 duties of both, and thinking he might be 

 considered grasping and avaricious. And now, 

 having brought him to Siethwaite, there is the 

 house he occupied, on the other side of the 

 brook which we have to cross by that pretty 

 rustic bridge. We can resume the subject by 

 and by; see, there is the farmhouse where we 

 have to seek a quarter ! 



AMICUS. Oh ! the advantage of a good appe- 

 tite. Most true is the adage that " it needs no 

 sauce." I have enjoyed this dale fare of eggs 

 and bacon, with our little dish of fish and these 

 excellent potatoes. Yet good as the fish were 

 I have eaten better. 



PISCATOK. The Duddon, from the purity of 

 its waters and their force as a mountain stream, 

 sweeping bare the rocks over which it flows 

 and producing shifting beds of shingle, affords 

 little feed; and the fish being poorly fed are 

 deficient in firmness, especially high up, where 

 we have angled to-day. We shall find them 

 improve in quality as we get nearer the sea. 

 Now we are refreshed, we will, if you please, 

 pay a visit to the chapel and to the minister's 



