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miles off, where I am sure I could obtain 

 permission for you, and our friend Poietes, 

 to fish. 



PHYS. I am open to conviction on all 

 subjects, and have no objection to spend one 

 May-day with you in this idle occupation; 

 premising, that you take at least one other 

 companion, who really loves fishing. 



HAL. You, who are so fond of natural 

 history, even should you not be amused by 

 fishing, will, lam sure, find objects of interest 

 on the banks of the river. 



PHYS. I fear I am not entomologist 

 enough to follow the life of the May-fly, but I 

 shall willingly have my attention directed to 

 its habits. Indeed, I have often regretted that 

 sportsmen were not fonder of zoology ; they 

 have so many opportunities, which other per- 

 sons do not possess, of illustrating the origin 

 and qualities of some of the most curious forms 

 of animated nature ; the causes and character 

 of the migrations of animals; their relations to 

 each other, and their place and order in the 

 general scheme of the universe. It has always 

 appeared to me, that the two great sources of 



