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was, and had covered with an old, worn-out 

 P. -jacket. 



" Here I and Paddy sit ; 

 Here is my throne, and let blue devils bow to it !" 



" Come along, Pat Gallagher ! Hand us 

 down Hooker's works ; we will have a good 

 course of study to-day, and nothing to inter- 

 rupt us." 



The ponderous folio which the Parson had 

 so designated, was a sort of cross between a 

 book and a small portmanteau. In the early 

 days of his fishing-youth he had had it 

 splendidly bound in purple morocco, and let- 

 tered at the back with the above learned and 

 appropriate title ; and though, since then, 

 rough journeys and frequent use had some- 

 what dimmed its earlier glories, it still was a 

 goodly volume : but the interior was the 

 Parson's pride, and he gazed with fondness 

 on it as he unbuckled the strap that se- 

 cured it. 



The first leaf contained six rows of parch- 

 ment pockets, twelve in each row ; these 

 were filled with every variety of hook, from 

 a to ccc, of genuine Limerick manufacture, 

 for the Parson had imported them himself; 



