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by such discourse as best likes you, to pass away the time till 

 you come to your ill quarters. 



VIAT. We can talk of nothing with which I shall be more 

 delighted than of rivers and angling. 



PiSC. Let those be the subjects, then ; but we are now come 

 to the Talbot. What will you drink, sir, ale or wine ? 



VIAT. Nav^J am for the^xoimtry liquor, DM^shirejile^Jf 

 you please; for a man_should not^jnethinks, come from London 

 to^ctrmk wjneqq the Peak. 



rise. You are in the right ; and yet, let me tell you, you may 

 drink worse French wine in many taverns in London, than they 

 have sometimes at this house. V/hat ho ! bring us a flagon of 

 your best ale ; and now, sir, my service to you, a good health to 

 the honest gentleman you know of, and you are welcome into 

 the Peak. 



VIAT. I thank you, sir, and present you my service again, and 

 to all the honest brothers of the angle. 



PiSC. I'll pledge you, sir: so, there's for your ale, and fare- 

 well. Come, sir, let us be going, for the sun grows low, and 

 I would have you look about you as you ride ; for you will see 

 an odd country, and sights that will seem strange to you. 



CHAPTER II. 



OBSERVATIONS OF THE PRINCIPAL RIVERS IN DERBYSHIRE; 

 VIATOR LODGES AT PISCATOR JUNIOR'S HOUSE. 



PiSC. So, sir, now we have got to the top of the hill out of 

 town, look about you, and tell me how you like the country. 



VIAT. Bless me, what mountains are here ! Are we not in 

 Wales ? 



PiSC. No, but in almost as mountainous a country ; and yet 

 these hills, though high, bleak, and craggy, breed and feed good 

 beef and mutton, above ground, and afford good store of lead 

 within. 



VIAT. They had need of all those commodities to make 



