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only one ill-conditioned trout, and two or three 

 smolts. Let us now hasten to our inn. I see 

 the smoke of Keswick ascending, a proof that 

 we are near ; and lo ! that large building ! it 

 is a bobbin mill ! and yonder another ! it is 

 a pencil manufactory. Now, our way is easy. 

 Even to the verge of the town, the Greta, you 

 see, retains its distinctive character ; so, a small 

 portion of it at least, wild perhaps enough 

 for most tastes, may be seen without fatigue, 

 risk, or trouble, and it was the portion, I appre- 

 hend, that was enjoyed by South ey, who un- 

 fortunately was not an angler. To-morrow we 

 will, if you like, take our ease on the lake, and 

 perhaps try the gentle Derwent. 



AMICUS. On. our way to the lake, pray tell 

 me what fish it contains, and what sport we are 

 likely to have. 



PISCATOK. The first question is more easily 

 answered than the second. The blue haze of 

 the atmosphere giving so fine an effect to the 

 Alpine group of mountains seen over that 

 green surface of meadow, with the little or 

 no wind, augurs ill for angling sport of any 



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