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sions killed large trouts, and have attributed 

 my success to the circumstance of my being 

 alone. When alone, you may sometimes 

 nearly exhaust your fish before you bring him 

 very close to you, a manifest advantage, 

 as any one will confess who has witnessed 

 the last convulsive struggle of a trout when 

 the landing-net is brought near him; nay, 

 I have often known him to escape by the 

 over eagerness of the lander. 



Simon. Eez, zur, um wants a leetle 

 patience aHer a's hooked, if "a happens to 

 be a big un. Nothin 1 like patience, as owld 

 Rachael Cark used to zay; a body med 

 do anything wi' patience, but 'a never could 

 persuade her owld man zo, 'specially when 

 'a baked his breeches, poor owld zowl an 

 hin! 



S. What 's that Simon ? We must 

 hear that story. 



Simon. Whoy, one night, poor owld Job 

 Cark coomed off the downs drough wet to 



