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for the walk from feven in the morning till ten 

 at night ; when the welcome of as kind a hoftefs 

 as ever put up without a murmur with fifher- 

 men's caprices, met us on the threfhold ? To 

 fit down hungry as hunters and defpatch for a 

 time all in the eating way that came within our 

 reach, was a practical proof that fatigue had inter- 

 fered not with our appetites. 



Pifcator. I am rejoiced to hear the found of 

 your voice again, my good friend. I calculate (as 

 brother Jonathan would fay) you have had quite 

 enough of the Grwyne Fawr ? 



Clericus. Not a bit of it. At one time, certainly, 

 when we were both at a u nonplus " I felt not 

 quite fo comfortable as I do now ; but as for the 

 mountain-mift, I would not have efcaped it on any 

 confideration, at leaft, now it is paft. 



Pifcator. Suppofe we have a peep at the fifh ? 



Clericus. By all means. 



Pifcator. No bad dim in point of number, at 

 any rate. 



Clericus. They are fmall, certainly, but fuch 

 pullers for their fize I never before met with ; and 

 what a peculiar colour ! They looked on firft 

 coming out of the water more like living lumps 

 of Californian gold, than anything elfe. 



