# File lib/mechanize.rb, line 178
  def get(url, referer=nil, &block)
    cur_page = referer || current_page ||
                    Page.new( nil, {'content-type'=>'text/html'})

    # fetch the page
    abs_uri = to_absolute_uri(url, cur_page)
    request = fetch_request(abs_uri)
    page = fetch_page(abs_uri, request, cur_page, &block)
    add_to_history(page)
    page
  end