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seems to lose his acquired habits of caution, and 

 becomes stupid. 



POIET. This great fish, that Ornither has just 

 caught, must be nearly of the weight I assigned to him. 



HAL. Oh no ! he is, I think, above 51bs., but not 

 6 Ibs. ; but we can form a more correct opinion by 

 measuring him, which I can easily do, the butt of my 

 rod being a measure. He measures, from nose to 

 fork, a very little less than twenty-four inches, and 

 consequently, upon the scale which is appropriate to 

 well-fed trouts, should weigh 5 Ibs. lOoz. which, 

 within an ounce, I doubt not, is his weight. 



Trout from the Colne. 



PHYS. Oh ! I see you take the mathematical law, 

 that similar solids are to each other in the triplicate 

 ratio of one of their dimensions. 



HAL. You are right. 



