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plete Angler/' which had been many years 

 out of print. 



The malignant scoffer Wolcott, better 

 known as Peter Pindar, -whose feeling cha- 

 racter may be guessed at from his desire to 

 have his portrait introduced among the mur- 

 derers of the old musician Rizzio, in Opie's 

 picture, had a tender heart towards the 

 " gentle trout," as may be gathered from his 

 " Ballade to a Fish of the Brooke," wherein 

 he thus sings : 



" Enjoy thy streame, O harmless fish, 

 And when an angler, for his dish, 



Through gluttony's vile sin, 

 Attempts, a wretch, to pull thee OUT, 

 God give thee strength, O gentle trout, 

 To pull the raskall IN." 



This is just what might be expected from 

 such a character : a great display of affected 

 sympathy for a " gentle trout," which in- 

 dulges his gluttony in feeding on his yet 

 gentler brother, the frog, with as much of 

 real rancour towards man in the shape of an 



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