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" Did you see anything of them ? " said 

 the Squire. 



"I am not quite sure," said the Parson. 

 " I certainly did see something which evi- 

 dently was watching the trout. As soon as 

 we ran the boat into the cave, it dived into 

 the water in a mysterious and gliding sort 

 of way, without a splash or a sound. The 

 men said it was an otter, but it might have 

 been a white cat." 



" I should not wonder," said the Squire. 

 " Well, 'good luck to your fishing, whatever 

 you watch to-night/ We must be moving, 

 for the Parson and I must give the Sod 

 Ditch and Old Eel-weir Throws a good 

 trying as we go down ; and I would re- 

 commend you, before you go up the river, to 

 fish this Moss Row carefully. The Parson 

 rose a good fish in it not an hour ago." 



