NOTES. 407 



" It was in the month of April, 181 1, that I visited the cele- 

 " brated Fishing-House of Cotton and Walton. I left Ash- 

 " bourne about nine o'clock in the morning, accompanied by 

 " several Brothers of the Angle: we took the Buxton road for 

 " about six miles, and turning through a gate to the left, soon 

 " descended into the Valley of the Dove, and continued along 

 " the banks of the river about three miles farther, when we 

 " arrived at Beresford Hall. The Fishing-House is situated on 

 " a small peninsula, round which the river flows, and was then 

 " nearly enveloped with trees. It has been a small neat stone 

 " building, covered with stone-slates, or tiles, but is now going 

 " fast to decay : the stone steps by which you entered the 

 " door are nearly destroyed. It is of a quadrangular form, 

 " having a door and two windows in the front, and one larger 

 " window on each of the other three sides. The door was 

 " secured on the outside, by a strong staple; but the bars and 

 " casements of the windows being gone, an easy entrance was 

 " obtained. The marble floor, as described by White in 1784, 

 " had been removed ; only one of the pedestals upon which the 

 " table was formerly placed was standing, and that much dete- 

 " riorated. On the left side was the fire-place, the mantle- 

 " piece and sides of which were in a good state. The chimney 

 " and recess for the stove were so exactly on the Rumford 

 " plan, that one might have supposed he had lived in the time 

 " when it was erected. On the right hand side of the room, 

 " is an angular excavation or small cellar, over which the cup- 

 " board, or beaufet, formerly stood. The wainscoat of the 

 " room is wanting, the ceiling is broken, and part of thestone- 

 " tiling admits both light and water. Upon examining the 

 " small cellar, we found the other pedestal which supported the 

 " marble table ; and against the door on the inside, three 

 " large fragments of the table itself, which were of the Black 

 " Dove- Dale Marble, bevelled on the edges, and had been well 

 " polished. The inscription over the door, and the cypher of 

 " Walton and Cotton in the Key-stone, were very legible." 



Page 311. As Dameetas says by his man Dorus. 



See Sir Philip Sidney's Arcadia, No. 40 in the foregoing list, 

 lib. i. p. 70, of that volume. Browne. 



Page 313. He was a lovely fish, and turned up a side like, a 

 Salmon. 



There is but little doubt, that the Author of Guy Mannering 

 had these words in his mind, when he wrote the description of 

 the Salmon-hunt near Charlies-hope; since he makes one of 

 the characters say, " Come here, Sir \ Come here, Sir ! look at 

 " this ane ! look at this ane ! he turns up a 6ide like a Sow." 

 Edit. Edinb. 1815. vol- ii. chap. v. p. 65. 



