THE FOURTH DAY. 



CHAPTER V. 

 (Continued. ) 



Pise. Good morrow, good hostess! I see my brother 

 Peter is still in bed : come, give my scholar and me a morn- 

 ing drink, and a bit of meat to breakfast : and be sure to 

 get a dish of meat or two against supper, for we shall come 

 home as hungry as hawks. Come, scholar, let's be going. 



Ven. "Well now, good master ! as we walk towards the 

 river, give me direction, according to your promise, how I 

 shall fish for a trout. 



Pise. My honest scholar, I will take this very convenient 

 opportunity to do it. 



The trout is usually caught with a worm or a minnow, 1 

 which some call a penk or with a fly, viz. either a natural 

 or an artificial fly : concerning which three I will give you 

 some observations and directions. 



And, first, for worms. Of these there be very many sorts : 

 some breed only in the earth, as the earth-worm ; others of, 

 or amongst, plants, as the dug- worm ; and others breed 

 either out of excrements, or in the bodies of living creatures, 



1 Spinning with a minnow, or a small penk, is a very successful mode 

 of catching trout at the weirs of the river Thames. A swivel must be 

 used. ED, 



