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PART II. 



CHAP. I. 



A Conference between a COUNTRY-GENTLEMAN, a Proficient 

 in Fly-fishing, and a TRAVELLER. 



PISCATOR JUNIOR, AND VIATOR. 



Piscator. IOU 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 ques- 

 tion I cannot very well resolve you, as not knowing my- 

 self how far it is to Ashborn, where I intend to-night to 

 take up my inn. 



Pise. Why then, Sir, seeing I perceive you to be a 

 stranger in these parts, I shall take upon me to inform 

 you, that from the town you last came through, called 

 Brelsford, 1 it is five miles : and you are not, yet, above 

 half a mile on this side. 



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

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



Pise. O, Sir, find no fault with large measure of good 

 land; which Derbyshire abounds in, as much as most 

 counties of England. 



(1) Brailsford. 



