Why, he adds, a method similar to this has never been adopted in England, where we have more gentle rivers and more flowery banks than in any other part of the world, I know not; certainly it might be turned to advantage, and yield the possessor a secure, though perhaps a moderate, income.'" I was very fond of the canal which ran near us (and was, for that matter, a parish boundary): and the barges, with their cargoes, were always interesting to me; but a bargeful of bees seemed something quite out of the common.

I thought I should rather like to float down a gentle river between flowery banks, surrounded by beehives on which I could rely to furnish me with a secure though moderate income; and I said so.
"So should I, sir," said the bee-master.

"And I should uncommon like to ha' seen the one beehive that brought in a considerable income.

Honey must have been very dear in those parts, Master Jack.

However, it's in the book, so I suppose it's right enough." I made no defence of the veracity of the _Cyclopaedia_, for I was thinking of something else, of which, after a few moments, I spoke.
"Isaac, you don't stay with your bees on the moors.