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seasonably, and we thank you heartily. Come, we will all 

 join together, my host and all, and sing my scholar's catch 

 over again, and then each man drink the t'other cup and to 

 bed, and thank God we have a dry house over our heads. 



Pise. Well now, good night to everybody. 



Pet. And so say I. 



Ven. And so say I. 



Cor. Good night to you all ; and I thank you. 



Pise. Good morrow, brother Peter ! and the like to you, 

 honest Coridon. Come, my hostess says there is seven 

 shillings to pay : let's each man drink a pot for his morning's 

 draught, and lay down his two shillings ; that so my hostess 

 may not have occasion to repent herself of being so diligent, 

 and using us so kindly. 



Pet. The motion is liked by everybody, and so hostess, 

 here's your money : we anglers are all beholden to you : it 

 will not be long ere I'll see you again. And now brother 

 Piscator, I wish you and my brother, your scholar, a fair 

 day and good fortune. Come Coridon, this is our way. 



have been assured, by a friend who has frequently fished with him in the 

 river Kennet, at Amesbury in Wilts, the seat of his grace the Duke of 

 Queensberry. H. Many other distinguished men have been fond of 

 angling : Lord Nelson was so devoted to the sport that he continued it with 

 his left hand ; Thomson, Coleridge, Dr. Paley, Dr. Wollaston, Sir Benjamin 

 West, Sir Walter Scott, the Ettrick Shepherd, Sir Humphrey Davy, Pro- 

 fessor Wilson, Sir Francis Chantrey, and that fine painter, the late Mr. 

 Turner, a goodly array of heroes, poets, philosophers, and artists were 

 all confirmed disciples of the angle. The list might be greatly extended ; 

 but it need only be added that ''glorious John Dry den" was of the 

 number, as appears from the edition of his prose works by Malone, 8vo : 

 London, 1800, vol. 1, part 1, page 520, and part 2, page 42. He and 

 D'Urfey must have found a pleasant relief from the excitement of their 

 London life in the pursuit of this quiet sport in the Wiltshire streams. 

 An amusing essay might be written on the subject of this note, including 

 examples of how well and wisely our poets have loved rivers. Burns, an 

 ardent angler, should not be forgotten : 



" The muse, nae poet ever found her, 

 Till by himsel' he learned to wander 

 Adown some trolling burn's meander, 

 And nae think lang." ED. 



