T'be Complete Angler. 



help of good difcourfe, which (me 

 thinks) I may promife from you, 

 that both look and fpeak fo chear- 

 fully. And to invite you to it, I do 

 here promife you, that for my part, 

 I will be as free and open-hearted, 

 as discretion will warrant me to be 

 with a ftranger. 



Pifc. Sir,! am right glad of your 

 anfwer; and in confidence that you 

 {peak the truth, I fhall (Sir) put on 

 a boldneffe to ask, whether pleafure 

 or bufineffe has occaiioned your 

 Journey. 



Viat. Indeed , Sir, a little bufi- 

 neife, and more pleafure : for my 

 purpofe is to beftow a day or two 

 in hunting the Otter (which my 

 friend that I go to meet, tells me is 

 more pleafant then any hunting 

 whatfoever:) and having difpatcht 

 a little bufineffe this day, my pur- 

 pofe is to morrow to follow a pack 



of dogs of honeft Mr. ,who 



hath appointed me andmyfriend to 

 B 2 meet 



