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time than what Mynheer van Dunk allowed of 

 water to his brandy ; and we know this was 

 just as much as is to be found on the leaves of 

 the rose in a dewy morning. 



SMALL POCKET TESTAMENT, which you 

 will find great satisfaction in, while you read a 

 parable (which I believe to be all true instances. 

 Our blessed redemption would not be advanced 

 by fiction), or commit to memory a short cardi- 

 nal point, to the solace of your minds, when you 

 shelter yourselves from a shower under some 

 overhanging rock, or from the noontide sun 

 beneath the umbrage of a leafy tree ; a small 

 one being easily carried in your side-pocket. 

 The Puritan fathers were wont to carry the 

 whole Book with them. It was a small thick 

 volume, called an 18mo size, and was sometimes 

 found in collections of old books in St Mary's 

 Wynd, Edinburgh, or the Strand, London, 

 under the name of the Cromwell Bible. 



And now, when you find yourself all equipped 

 for your sport, the weather may be unpropitious. 

 There is not, dear readers, bear in mind, at all 

 seasons, a more uncertain sport than fishing. 



