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taken at the proper time, offer sport to the 

 salmon fisher. But it is time for us to 

 return to our inn. 



THE INN. 



POIET. Should it be a fine day to-mor- 

 row, I think we shall have good sport : the 

 high tide will bring up fish, and the rain 

 and wind of yesterday will have enlarged the 

 river. 



HAL. To-morrow we must not fish : it is 

 the Lord's day, and a day of rest. It ought 

 likewise to be a day of worship and thanks- 

 giving to the Great Cause of all the benefits 

 and blessings we enjoy in this life, for which 

 we can never sufficiently express our gra- 

 titude. 



POIET. I cannot see what harm there can 

 be in pursuing an amusement on a Sunday, 

 which you yourself have called innocent, and 

 which is apostolic : nor do I know a more ap- 

 propriate way of returning thanks to the Al- 

 mighty Cause of all being, than in examining 

 and wondering at his works in that great 



