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Across yon meadowy bottom look, 

 Where close fogs hide their parent brook ; 



Among this multitude of hills, 

 Crags, woodlands, waterfalls, and rills ; 

 Which soon the morning shall unfold, 

 From east to west, in ample vest 

 Of massy gloom and radiance bold.' 7 



WORDSWORTH. 



Though Derwent lake contains pike, trout, 

 and perch, it is too much fished to afford 

 much amusement to the angler. The fol- 

 lowing method of catching pike and trout 

 is often employed on this lake. A hazel 

 rod about four feet long, sufficiently flexible 

 to bend to the pull of a fish, is fixed in the 

 stern of a boat, and slightly inclined towards 

 the water. To the top of this rod is attached 

 a stout line, from forty to sixty yards long, 

 the other end of which is fastened to a piece 

 of wood about fourteen inches long, four 

 broad, and one inch thick. To the other 

 end of this piece of wood, a foot-line of finer 

 materials, and from eight to twelve yards 

 long is made fast. From the end of this 



