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buildin" a cow-hus, and because a wouldn't 

 buy hair to mix w'i the marter, a shaved 

 his donkey so close that the poor beayst 

 was pretty nigh killed w'i the cawld ! 



S. There 's a lesson in thrift for you, 

 Julian ! Come, let us go and try the stream 

 in my tenant's meadow. [Exeunt. 



Another part of the stream. SENEX, 

 JULIAN, SIMON PARADICE. 



Senex. There, cast your fly just under 

 that high bank opposite. 



Julian. Ha ! I missed him ! 



S. Yes, and by your own precipitancy. 

 The fish is greedy enough, but you did not 

 give him time. 



J. I have read that you should be 

 prepared to strike the moment he rises. 



S. And rightly so, if you were fishing 

 in the rapid streams of Derbyshire or West- 

 moreland, where, if you do not strike in- 

 stanter, the fish winds your foot-line round 



