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trout to try the tafte of them ; but I am not quite 

 fo fure whether a humble bee or a precocious 

 wafp have not anfwered better. 



I have as little tafte for " bobbing" as for an- 

 gling with a worm ; * but I muft admit that when 

 the "Artful Dodger" ftuck to the prevailing fly 



* Notwithftanding our prefent predile<5Hons, we know 

 not what they may be a few years hence, as the following 

 lines will fufficiently (how. 



" Old Will, with thee 



In youth and glee 

 I've fpent fome funny hours ; 



But now I fear, 



The winter drear 

 Of age, upon us lowers. 



Yet ft ill a difli 



We catch of fifh, 

 As well as fome that brag ; 



No more we ply 



The treacherous fly, 

 The brandling fills the bag. 



Here in this glen, 



Apart from men, 

 We lift our grateful hearts ; 



And feel the joy, 



Without alloy, 

 That nature wild imparts. 



