PART THE SECOND. 



THE FIRST DAY. 



CHAPTER I. 



CONFERENCE BETWIXT A COUNTRY GENTLEMAN PROFICIENT 

 IN THE ART OF FLY-FISHING AND A TRAVELLER WHO 

 BECOMES HIS PUPIL. 



PlSCATOR JUNIOR, AND VlATOR. 



PlSC. You are happily overtaken, sir; may a man be so bold 

 as to inquire how far you travel this way? 



VIAT. Yes sure, sir, very freely, though it be a question I 

 cannot very well resolve you, as not knowing myself how far it 

 is to Ashhorn, where I iHt^i^-to-.iiigh-tQL.take_iip my-inn. 



PlSC. Why then, sir, seeing I perceive you to be a stranger in 

 these parts, I shall take upon me to inform you that from the 

 town you last camejhrough, called Bj^l^fefdy4t45_fiiz-.miles ; 

 and you are not yet above_haLf-a-mile on this side. 



VIAT. So much ? I was told it was but ten miles from Derby ; 

 and, methinks, I have rode almost so far already. 



PlSC. O sir, find no fault with large measure of good land, 

 which Derbyshire abounds in, as much as most counties of 

 England. 



VlAT. It may be so ; and good land, I confess, affords a 

 pleasant prospect: but, by your good leave, sir, large measure 

 of foul wayJ^ngjjdtogc.fekE--SQ acceptable. 



PlSC. True, sir; but the foul way serves to justify the fertility 



