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the foot of yonder yew-tree, you might almost 

 expect to see a philosopher of his mood recum- 

 bent. Now to our boat again, and homeward : 

 and on our way we will trowl for charr, using 

 the lath, that you may witness the kind of fish- 

 ing that I promised you should see. Fisherman, 

 pray get your tackle ready. 



AMICUS. This lath-tackle is cumbrous and 

 troublesome. It may be killing, but the 

 managing of it cannot be agreeable. I see the 

 board, which you call the lath, is worked on the 

 principle of the boy's kite. What is the length 

 of the main line and what that of the droppers 

 to which the minnow-baited hooks are at- 

 tached ? 



PISCATOK. The main is about sixty yards ; the 

 first dropper about twenty-four yards, with eight 

 yards of gut; the second about twenty-two, 

 and the third, the last, that nearest the board, 

 about twenty, each with the same length of gut 

 as the first. You see the boatman fastens the 

 end of the line to a pole which he fixes erect, 

 and now that he resumes his oars, and impels 

 the boat gently through the water, he fixes his 

 eyes on the line with the hope of seeing it 

 vibrate, the sign of a fish being hooked. 



