THE 



COMPLETE ANGLER. 



PART SECOND. 

 CHAPTER I. 



A CONFERENCE BETWEEN A COUNTRY GENTLEMAN, A PROFICIENT 

 IN FLY FISHING, AND A TRAVELLER. 



P1SCATOR JUNIOR, AND VIATOR. 



Piscator. You are happily overtaken, sir : may a man be so 

 bold as to inquire how far you travel this way ? 



Viator. Yes, sure, sir, very freely ; though it be a question 

 I cannot very well resolve you, as not knowing myself how far 

 it is to Ashborn, where I intend to-night to take up my inn. 



Piscator. Why then, sir, seeing I perceive you to be a stran- 

 ger in these parts, I shall take upon me to inform you, that 

 from the town you last came through, called Brelsford,* it is 

 five miles ; and you are not yet above half a mile on this side. 



Viator. So much! I was told it was but ten miles f from 

 Derby, and methinks I have rode almost so far already. 



Piscator. Oh, sir, find no fault with large measure of good 

 land, which Derbyshire abounds in, as much as most counties 

 of England. 



Viator. It may be so ; and good land, I confess, affords a 

 pleasant prospect : but, by your good leave, sir, large measure of 

 foul way is not altogether so acceptable. 



Piscator. True, sir; but the foul way serves to justify the 

 fertility of the soil, according to the proverb, " There is good 

 land where there is foul way : " and is of good use to inform you 

 of the riches of the country you are come into, and of its con- 

 tinual travel and traffic to the country town you came from ; 



* Brailsford. t Thirteen miles is the true distance. J. R. 



