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down has raised it; and it is not in such 

 good order for fishing as it was before the 

 wind rose. 



POIET. I thought the river was always 

 the better for a flood, when clear. 



HAL. Better after a flood from rain; for 

 this brings the fish up, who know when rain 

 is coming, and likewise brings down food 

 and makes the fish feed. But when the 

 water is raised by a strong wind the fish 

 never run, as they are sure to find no in- 

 crease in the spring heads, which are their 

 objects in running. 



POIET. You give the fish credit for great 

 sagacity. 



HAL. Call it instinct rather; for if they 

 reasoned^ they would run with every large 

 water, whether from wind or rain. What 

 the feeling or power is which makes them 

 travel with rain, I will not pretend to define* 

 But now for our sport. 



POIET. The fish are beginning to rise; 

 I have seen two here already, and there is a 

 third, and a fourth scarcely a quarter of a 

 minute elapses without a fish rising in some 

 parts of the pool. 



