The honoured parent steering Northward, had not gone far, when he was joined by another disciple of Izaak Walton, and the two trudged on together.

尊父驾舵北行， 没走多远，就遇到了艾萨克·沃尔顿的另一弟子，两人并肩前行。

Oh, why has it not been granted me in all my long years of pen-labour to write something small and perfect, even as one of these lives of honest Izaak!

哦，为什么在我漫长的写作生涯中没有被允许写一些小而完美的东西， 即使是诚实的 Izaak 的这些生活中的一员！