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our fish barrel; he can be kept alive till a 

 more convenient time of the day. 



GRAYLING. 



PHYS. I am disposed to gratify my cu- 

 riosity immediately; for to acquire inform- 

 ation is at least as interesting to me as catch- 

 ing fish. I shall kill him by a blow on the 

 head. He is not, I suppose, worth crimping 

 afterwards ? 



HAL. Certainly not, at this time ; and it 

 is not necessary with a fish of this size, which 

 ought to be fried ; but if we catch a large 

 grayling, approaching to 2 Ibs., he shall be 

 killed, crimped, and boiled, like our Denham 

 trout : you will then find him excellent, and 

 not inferior, in my opinion, to the best perch ; 



