SECOND DAY. 47 



endeavour to become better acquainted 

 with the language of your humble neigh- 

 bours. 



S. I am glad to hear your confession 

 that I have not pleaded vainly in behalf 

 of my smock-frocked friends and their 

 dialect, which, though I am no philolo- 

 gist, I hope I have shown is entitled to 

 some consideration, if only on the score 

 of its antiquity. And now, let us try for 

 one of Simon's trouts, for here is the mill- 

 tail. Ho ! Simon ! my spinning-rod, and 

 a minnow for Mr. Julian. Why, what 's 

 the fellow about. 



J. He 's making a detour to avoid the 

 millers bees, who seem disposed to re- 

 sent his entering their fee-simple without 

 leave. 



Simon. 'Begs yer pardon, zur ; but they 

 there wosbirds zimd rayther cam and mis- 

 chievul. When I went oon woy they 

 wanted to gwo there too. Una zeemed 



