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throw as light as you do, and as well as he did 

 yesterday. 



HAL. I am surprised, that you, who are a philoso- 

 pher, cannot discover the reason of this. Think a 

 little. 



ALL. We cannot. 



HAL. As you are my scholars, I believe I must 

 teach you. The sun is bright, and you have been, 

 naturally enough, fishing with your backs to the sun, 

 which, not being very high, has thrown the shadows 

 of your rods and yourselves upon the water; and 

 you have alarmed the fish whenever you have thrown 

 a fly. You see I have fished with my face towards 

 the sun; and though inconvenienced 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. 



PHTS. Your sagacity puts me in mind of an 

 anecdote which I remember to have heard respecting 

 the late eloquent statesman, Charles James Pox, 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 waEb 

 and that he might take which side of the street he 

 liked. When they go to the top, it was found that 

 Mr. Fox had seen thirteen cats, and the Prince not 

 one. The royal personage asked for an explanation 



