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venienced by the light, have given no alarm. 

 Follow my example, and you will soon have 

 sport, as there is a breeze playing on the 

 water. 



PHYS. Your sagacity puts me in mind 

 of an anecdote which I remember to have 

 heard respecting the late eloquent statesman, 

 Charles James Fox; who, walking up Bond 

 Street from one of the club-houses with an 

 illustrious personage, laid him a wager, that 

 he would see more cats than the Prince in 

 his walk, and that he might take which side 

 of the street he liked. When they got to the 

 top, it was found that Mr. Fox had seen thir- 

 teen cats, and the Prince not one. The royal 

 personage asked for an explanation of this 

 apparent miracle, and Mr. Fox said, " Your 

 Royal Highness took, of course, the shady 

 side of the way, as most agreeable ; I knew 

 that the sunny side would be left to me, and 

 cats always prefer the sunshine." 



HAL. There ! Poietes, by following my 

 advice you have immediately hooked a fish ; 

 and while you are catching a brace, I will 



