DEDICATION 



cow-stalls, our styes, our folds and our hen-roosts to be the prey 

 of this prowling pest ? 



In many parts of the following pages you will trace the remarks 

 and opinions back to conversations that have passed between us, 

 many times in Hampshire. In the making of them my mind 

 has been brought back to the feelings of those days. The cer 

 tainty, that I shall always be beloved by you constitutes one of 

 the greatest pleasures of my life ; and I am sure, that you want 

 nothing to convince you, that I am unchangeably, 



Your faithful and affectionate friend, 



WM. COBBETT. 



