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Pise. I thank you, Sir, for that motion; for, believe me, 

 I am dry with talking: here, boy! give us here a bottle 

 and a glass; and, Sir, my service to you, and to all our 

 friends in the South. 



Viat. Your servant, Sir; and I'll pledge you as hear- 

 tily; for the good powdered-beef I eat at dinner, or some- 

 thing else, has made me thirsty. 



vCHAP. VIII. 



FISHING AT THE TOP continued. Flies for the end of May, and for the 

 following Months till December; containing, under May, Instruc- 

 tion* when to dope with the Stone-fly. 



Viator. So, Sir, I am now ready for another lesson, so 

 soon as you please to give it me. 



Pise. And I, Sir, as ready to give you the best I can. 

 Having told you the time of the Stone-fly's coming in, 

 and that he is bred of a cadis in the very river where he 

 is taken, 1 I am next to tell you, that 



13. This same STONE-FLY has not the patience to con- 

 tinue in his crust, or husk, till his wings be full grown ; 

 but so soon as ever they begin to put out, that he feels 

 himself strong, (at which time *.ve call him a Jack) 

 squeezes himself out of prison, and crawls to the top of 

 some stone, where if he can find a chink that will receive 

 him, or can creep betwixt two stones, the one lying hol- 

 low upon the other, (which, by the way, we also lay so 

 purposely to find them) he there lurks till his wings be 

 full grown; and there is -your only place to find him; (and 

 from thence doubtless he derives his name;) though, for 



(1) Chap. VII. Nun. 11. 



