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rough amusements proverbially inseparable from a 

 " Donnybrook Fair," he took his departure full of 

 hope that his ailment would be but temporary, and 

 that he would find on the " fair Cascapedia " that 

 health and vigor of which he had been despoiled in 

 the great metropolis. When, with a few friends, 

 he joined Judge FTJLLEKTON with his crutch, at the 

 pre-arranged rendezvous, they were both subjected 

 to a deal of chaffing, as fitter subjects for a hospital 

 than for a camp-fire, and better representatives of 

 the invalid corps than of the jolly guild of anglers. 

 The Judge, though quite unfitted to lead in a Ger- 

 man, had the free use of his tongue and paid the 

 gibers back in their own coin ; but the General was 

 muzzled. He could only look his pity that gentle- 

 men so sensible in all else so little appreciated the 

 pleasure which awaited him, as to assume that any- 

 thing short of a positive providential prohibition 

 could prevent any one who had ever experienced 

 the supreme delectation of angling, from carrying 

 out his purpose to " go a-fishing." But the exhibi- 

 tion was comical, nevertheless, and the humor of 

 it was quite as fully enjoyed by the invalids as by 

 their friends. 



As the sequel proved, it would have been well 

 had the General taken the advice of his physician ; 

 for his illness mastered him before he reached his 

 destination. Two weeks of intense suffering was 



