180 SALMONIA. 



fine are these \voods! How beautiful these 

 banks ! and the hills in the distance approach 

 to the character of mountains ; and the pre- 

 cipitous cliff which forms the summit of that 

 distant elevation, looks like a diluvian monu- 

 ment, and as if it had been bared and torn 

 by a deluge which it had stemmed. 



HAL. It is one of the Clee hills, and its 

 termination is basaltic, and such rocks 

 usually assume such forms. But though 

 this spot is beautiful, to-morrow, I hope to 

 show you a still more exquisite landscape, 

 cliffs and woods, and gushing waters, of a 

 character still more romantic. We will re- 

 turn to our inn by a shorter road ; but tell 

 me, have you caught a large fish amongst 

 you and preserved him for crimping? 



POIET. We have preserved two fishes in 

 the barrel, but I fear they are much below 

 your proposed size. 



HAL. They are good fish, and of the 

 average size of the large grayling in this 

 stream about l|lbs. but they will make a 

 good variety placed in the middle of the 

 fried fish. And how many have you caught 

 altogether? 



