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time be very far off in the dim and distant 

 future when the speculative builder shall turn 

 his greedy eyes upon it with a view to con- 

 verting the old and unique simplicity of "The 

 Izaak Walton " into a gorgeous and fashionable 

 hotel. 



"Host. Give me leave to tell you, sir, the 

 pasturage hereabouts is very fertile, and you 

 may remember how Mr. Cotton declares * these 

 hills breed and feed good beef and mutton.' 



" Angler. Aye, and make the best cheese that 

 goes to Derby market." The River Dove, 

 Pickering, 1847. 



Our hostess of " The Izaak Walton " goes a 

 step beyond this, for she makes the best butter 

 in England, and has taken the prize at the 

 Dairy Show at the Agricultural Hall. 



" Dove Dale is the very paradise of gipsy 

 parties. High-born and accomplished ladies, 

 with well-bred gallants, and their liveried at- 

 tendants ; pleasant family parties with heaps of 

 children; smiling papas and staid elder daughters 

 with their most attentive young gentlemen ; 

 noisy country lots of a dozen youths and red- 

 cheeked maidens are to be seen every bright 



