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Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: . Sir, you have angled me on with much pleasure to the Thatched House; and I now find your words true, that good company makes the way seem short; for trust me, sir, I thought we had wanted three miles of this house, till you shewed it me. But now we are at it, we'll turn into it, and refresh ourselves with a cup of drink, and a little rest. Pise. Most gladly, sir, and we'll drink a civil cup to all the otter-hunters that are to meet you to-morrow. Ven. That we will, sir, and to all the lovers of angling, of which number I am now willing to be one myself: for, by the help of your good discourse and company, I have put on new thoughts both of the art of angling, and of all that profess it: and if you will but meet me to-morrow, at the time and place appointed, and bestow one day with me and my friends in hunting the otter, I will dedicate the next two days to wait upon you, and we two will for that time do nothing but angle, and talk of fish and fishing. Pise. 'Tis a match, sir; I'll not fail you, God willing, to be at Amwell-hill to-morrow morning before sun-risiug. note. ? With the first chapter, the first day, passed in peripatetic conversation, ends. It contains nothing practical, but is chiefly occupied in the praise of hawking by Auceps, of hunting by Venator, and of angling by Piscator ? Old Izaak himself. Of course he has the best of the dissertations, and makes of Venator a steady pupil. Auceps the falconer, seems too wild a fellow to settle down to the quiet amusement of angling. ? Ed.] CHAPTER II. OBSERVATIONS OF THE OTTER AND CHUB. 5ontt Ban.] Ven. My friend Piscator, you have kept time with my thoxights, for the sun is just rising, and I myself just now come to this place, and the dogs have just now put down an. otter. Look down at ...
| ISBN-13 | 9780217380973 |
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| ISBN-10 | 0217380972 |
| Weight | 0.84 Pounds |
| Dimensions | 9.00 x 6.00 x 0.58 In |
| List Price | $32.01 |
| Format | Paperback |
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| Pages | 256 pages |
| Publisher | |
| Published On | 2009-08-01 |
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