T^he Incompleat <Angler. 



^^enator stands 

 tloof. 



at one shilling a-piece. But, since 

 your presence and fair conversation 

 like me, you shall have them for 

 sixpence each, and I protest this is, 

 as it were, to bestow them with an 

 open hand. Do you smoke, Mr. 

 Piscator f 



^ll^tator^ I do. Sir, in good 

 truth. Indeed I have a sufficiency 

 of the herb, in my pouch, for my 

 own wants. Were I not thus 

 furnished, I would — while our very 

 young friend Venator is counting his 

 money, apart and out of hearing — 

 I would, I say, take a liberty to 

 inquire three things of you. Firstly, 

 Of what colour is the grass ? 

 Secondly, Do you notice a reflection 

 of that colour in either of my eyes ? 

 And, thirdly, Are you, as a sports- 

 man. 



