Downton Castle on the Teme; from a sketch by Mrs. Stackhouse Acton. 



EIGHTH DAY. 

 EALIEUSPOIETESORNITHERPHYSICUS. 



SCENE Downton. 



POIET, This is a beautiful day, and, I think, for 

 fishing, as well as for the enjoyment of the scenery, 

 finer than yesterday. The wind blows from the 

 south, and is balmy ; and though a few clouds are 

 collecting, they are not sufficiently dense to exclude 



