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waiting to fee how he managed to crawl out half- 

 drowned on dry land again, he betook himfelf at 

 once to his heels without looking behind him. 

 And well was it he did fo ! for fo furious was his 

 friend, that he flew after him almoft foaming at 

 the mouth with rage. 



No wonder he felt a wee bit angry ! For not 

 only was he half-choked with the Wye water, and 

 dripping wet from the crown of his head to the 

 foles of his feet, but he knew he fhould not hear 

 the laft of it for many a month to come. Pifcator 

 did not tell me whether his purfuer caught him or 

 not, for fcarcely could he articulate another word, 

 fo completely was he overcome with laughter at 

 his poor friend's expenfe. 



In rejoicing at my own efcape, it ftruck me 

 that my intended wetting was in part payment 

 for the flight I had dared to put a fhort time 

 previoufly on the noble fifh I had fo unwittingly 

 likened to a Jack. Well, honeft Pifcator, I for- 

 give thee from my heart the unfriendly attempt 

 all the more readily from its complete difcomfiture. 

 Many a fafe ride have I fmce enjoyed on the fame 

 faddle through the boiling water. Whether this 

 arofe from a due regard to the inevitable confe- 

 quences that once faved me from the like fate thy 



