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preservation ? Are they stinking fish ? You British 

 men talk of Magna Charta, but cold-blooded creatures 

 like, us boil at the violation of its provisions. 



" May all bad fish-law-makers be hooked, gaffed, 

 priested, crimped, gutted, grilled, and served with 

 sharp sauce. 



" Yours, &c. 



" An Irish Salmon." 



The author deeply regrets that he had not an op- 

 portunity during his last tour of making acquaintance 

 with the intelligent writer of this letter, who is evidently 

 a schoolmaster of great weight, as well as experience. 

 He trusts, however, that he shall, in the course of next 

 summer, be able to meet him at his favourite harbour 

 of Ballymacatchem. He will not fail to send him a 

 line, and sincerely hopes that he will have the pleasure 

 of his company at dinner. In the meanwhile he hear- 

 tily joins in the prayer of his petition, which he does 

 with great goodwill, and not the less so, that it will, in 

 all probability, comprehend the majority of the present 

 House of Commons. 



