160 THE ANGLER'S GUIDE. 



his companions that he should like to stop and 

 have something soon. Stickings, who gene- 

 rally had a pretty good appetite, said he never 

 felt so hungry in all his life, and he was quite 

 sure that he could eat half a quartern loaf and 

 a pound of cheese with the greatest pleasure. 

 Bigings said he was not so hungry as all 

 that, still he should like his breakfast, for he 

 felt rather hollow, something like he used 

 to feel after he had played the character of 

 Macbeth or Othello. They therefore turned 

 into a coffee-shop which they found open on 

 their way, where they made rolls and butter, 

 eggs and coffee, vanish like vapours before 

 the sunbeams. And Bigings, who had some 

 beef steaks in his basket, a piece of which he 

 intended to try if the hungry jack would take, 

 got the coffee seller to cook some for them, 

 and they all declared that never in their whole 

 lives did they taste such a fine piece of steak ; 

 it certainly was splendid ! 



Having satisfied the cravings of the appetite 

 and the gnawings of the stomach, they paid the 

 reckoning, and as there was no time to be lost, 

 they turned out and proceeded on their journey 

 with countenances much more placid than when 

 they turned in. They were, however, a rather 



