io8 Fly-FiJhing. 



beyond the right road, and were fully that diftance 

 then from Llanthony, I will leave the reader to 

 conceive ! 



When we caught fight of the ruins again, ftand- 

 ing out with their dim, diftant outline, there' was 

 a gloom about them that harmonifed not a little 

 with the departing twilight, as well as our own 

 fpirits, deprefTed, I muft confefs, far more than 

 wearinefs of body would account for. 



What was pafling in " Polly's" head I do not 

 pretend to fay ; but the fagacious creature certainly 

 looked more knowing than ufual, when fhe was 

 brought out of the good farmer's mug {table ; 

 implying, perhaps, that had we followed her ex- 

 ample, and remained to enjoy the kind hofpitality 

 that was offered us, it would have, been wifer than 

 wandering over unknown mountains, and lofmg 

 ourfelves in mift and mire ! For once, " Polly," 

 I muft take leave to difpute the foundnefs of thy 

 views, if fuch were their bearing. Inactivity and 

 floth may fuit fome quadrupeds like thyfelf, (the 

 long-eared ones more efpecially ;) but man, man 

 muft have incefTant movement, though it be quite 

 contrary at times to his inclinations, or he would 

 be miferable. 



What cared we for the mountain-mift ; what 



