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forfeit half-a-guinea and, so toties quoties for every sucli 

 narrative. To prevent unnecessary trouble, the said forfeits 

 are to be collected by the Rev. J. O. 



"There shall be but one hot meal in the course of the 

 day, and that shall be a supper at nine o'clock ; cold meat 

 and other refreshments in the tents or at the waterside at 

 two o'clock. 



" A committee is to be appointed[to provide these repasts, 

 and shall be called and entitled the Catering Committee, 

 and their decision as to snack and supper shall be final. 



"Afty member mlling to send in any stores for the 

 general benefit at his own expense shall be permitted so to 

 do, and is entitled to be laughed at accordingly. 



" All fish by whomsoever caught are to be considered as 

 general property, and if there are sufficient to send any 

 as presents the choice of the fish shall be determined b}' 

 lot ; always excepting such as shall be sent to the drawing- 

 room, which are to be a tribute from the firms. 



"Any gentleman falsely, shabbily, and treacherously con- 

 cealing the number of fish he had caught, and slily sending 

 off any of the same as a present to ladies or others, shall 

 forfeit on detection one guinea for each fish so purloined 

 from the common stock, and be publicly reprimanded at 

 supper for the same. Mrs. Sheridan is not to draw up the 

 form of reprimand. 



" Any person restless and fidgety, presuming to insinuate 

 that sea-fishing is preferable to the tame and tranquil occu- 

 pation of this party, and detected in endeavouring to 

 inveigle elsewhere any of the liege and dutiful subjects of 

 Izaak Walton, shall on conviction be sentenced to fourteen 

 minutes' abstinence from ale, beer, porter, wine, brandy, 



