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danger about it, and adding that they were losing 

 time, and money too, where they were. However, 

 they not only took my suggestions in ill part, but 

 passed observations on myself and my doings in 

 anything but polite terms. As a parting salute, the 

 spokesman of that obstinate four roared out, — " Yer 

 doan't belong ter these 'ere parts : ye're a fule, a 

 reg'lar downright fule, an' ye'U be drownded now, 

 afore night, — see if 'ee ain't ! " 



This volume of water flooding the river Mole 

 makes the banks in parts, where it has hollowed 

 them out underneath, most dangerous for a stranger 

 to stand on. In many spots there is only a thin 

 crust of earth held together by roots, and the water 

 below is very deep and treacherous. My track often 

 lay by some of these pools, deep and sullen ones. 

 In one spot I usually expected to find two originals 

 — extremely odd characters, and born anglers. No 

 matter what the season, summer or winter, they 

 would go a-fishing ; and they caught fish too, go 

 when they would. One peculiarity about the pair 

 was, that they were never caught with their lines 

 where other folks were in the habit of going. If 

 there was one spot more lonesome or weird-looking 



