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that they make at Limerick?" said the 

 Captain. 



" I have one of them," said the Squire, 

 " and I am disposed to think very favourably 

 of it. It is very elastic, and strong enough 

 to land a shark. I have fished with it 

 during the last week, and have every reason 

 to be satisfied with it." 



" The London imitation is not worth a 

 stiver," said the Parson. " I gave mine 

 away last week to Pat, and I believe he has 

 made it over to the grocer to tie up parcels 

 with. But I have this morning had a con- 

 signment from O'Shaughnessey's at Lime- 

 rick, and I mean to give them a fair trial ; 

 they are cheap enough, at any rate." 



" It will be some time before you try 

 your silk lines or anything else," said the 

 Scholar, who, not having met with the 

 amusement he expected in the kitchen, had 

 put on his Macintosh, and had gone down to 

 look at the river. " The water is positively 

 like coffee, and good strong coffee, too." 



" Not so long as you think," said the 

 Parson. "I see signs of clearing in the 

 sky. The clouds do not hang so low as they 



