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water below, where you will find the largest 

 fish, and I will soon follow you. 



POIET. I hope I shall catch a large fish, 

 a companion to that which Ornither took 

 yesterday with a natural fly. 



\IIalieus leaves them Jishing, and returns 

 to the house ; but soon comes back and joins 

 his companions, whom he Jinds ^fishing below 

 in the river.'] 



HAL. Well, gentlemen, what sport? 



POIET. The fish are rising every where ; 

 but though we have been throwing over them 

 with all our skill for a quarter of an hour, yet 

 not a single one will take, and I am afraid we 

 shall return to breakfast without our prey. 



HAL. I will try; but I shall go to the 

 other side, where I see a very large fish rising. 

 There ! I have him at the very first throw. 

 Land this fish, and put him into the well. 

 Now I have another; and I have no doubt 

 I could take half a dozen in this very place, 

 where you have been so long fishing without 

 success. 



