praise the Lord: " And let the blessing of St. Peter's Master be with mine. PISC. And upon all that are lovers of virtue; and dare trust in his providence, and be quiet, and go a-Angling. STUDY TO BE QUIET," 1 Thes. iv. 11. OU are happily overtaken, : May a man be so bold as to enquire how far you travel this way? VIATOR. Yes, sure, Sir, very freely; though it be a question I cannot very well resolve you, as not knowing myself how far it is to Ash bourn, where I intend to-night to take up my inn. PISC. Why then, Sir, seeing I perceive you to be a stranger in these parts, I shall take upon me to inform you, that from the town you last came through, called Brailsford, it is five miles; and you are not yet above half a mile on this side. VIAT. So much! I was told it was but ten miles from Derby; and, methinks, I have rode almost so far already. Pisc. O, Sir, find no fault with large measure of good land; which Derbyshire abounds in, as much as most counties of England. VIAT. It may be so; and good land, I confess, affords a pleasant prospect: but, by your good leave, Sir, large measure of foul way is not altogether so acceptable. Pisc. True, Sir; but the foul way serves to justify the fertility of the soil, according to the proverb, There is good land where there is foul "6 way: and is of good use to inform you of the riches of the country you are come into, and of it's continual travel and traffic to the country-town you came from which is also very observable by the fulness of it's road, and the loaden horses you meet every-where upon the way. VIAT. Well, Sir, I will be content to think as well of your country as you would desire. And I shall have a good deal of reason both to think and to speak very well of you, if I may obtain the happiness of your company to the fore-mentioned place; provided your affairs lead you that way, and that |