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so fully to understand and appreciate the remarks of the 

 writer, I felt so intimately acquainted with the localities, 

 that I at last arrived at the conviction, that although many 

 might bring more ability, none could bring greater good 

 will to the task. If it could be denominated a labour at 

 all, it would at least be a labour of love. 



Accordingly in 1845 I commenced the reprint which is 

 only now completed. Having no eager author at my el- 

 bow, assuring me that the reading public were languishing 

 for the appearance of the ' Letters of Rusticus,' and that 

 their immediate publication was a matter of national im- 

 portance, I have been very slothful about the matter, re- 

 turning to it now and then as a kind of relaxation, and 

 have spread over three years what a sanguine author w^ould 

 not have allowed me as many weeks to complete. 



For the foot-notes, except where the name of the writer 

 is given, I alone am responsible. I have only appended 

 such as seemed to assist and illustrate the text, endeavour- 

 ing to abstain from that kind of note-writing which smo- 

 thers the author under unnecessary comment. 



For the use of original sketches of the parish church of 

 Godalming, Eashing Mill from the Bridge, the Leather 

 Mill on the Wey at the back of Godbold's, and Hatch from 

 the Pond, I am indebted to my kind friend and relation 

 Mr. Waring Kidd. To Mr. Salmon's unwearying assi- 

 duity and kindness I owe the admirable paper on Botany, 

 and a great portion of that on Ornithology. Finally, from 

 the pages of that inexhaustible storehouse of Natural-His- 

 tory lore, the ' Zoologist,' I have extracted several admi- 

 rable papers, containing collateral evidences from the pens 

 of our best observers. 



EDWARD NEWMAN, PRINTER. 



