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T%e extreme rarity of this work, probably owing 

 to its having been printed for the Author, is such, 

 that the publisher does not remember to have met 

 with any other copy, in any sale Catalogue, than 

 that described in Messrs. Longman's Bibliotheca 

 Anglo- Poetica, from whence it was purchased by 

 the late possessor for Jive guineas, and now forms 

 one (not the least conspicuous) of a singularly 

 fine Collection of Books on Angling, in the pos- 

 session of Mr. Major, of Skinner Street. 



Of the Author nothing is now known, though 

 it has been conjectured he was the son of Captain 

 Whitney who commanded one of the ships that 

 accompanied Sir Walter Raleigh in his voyage 

 to Guinea. 



The present impression does not extend to 

 more than one hundred copies, and was under- 

 taken at the instigation of several gentlemen who 

 were desirous of making their Collections as com- 

 plete as possible; to their patronage he now trusts, 

 and for their former favours, received in a liberal 

 subscription to his prior publications on the sub- 

 ject, the publisher begs leave to return his most 

 sincere thanks. 



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