THOMAS KEN AND IZAAK WALTON 155 



the eighty-third year of my age, yet I will 

 forget both, and next month begin a Pilgrimage 

 to beg your pardon, for I would dye in your 

 favour ; and till then, will live, 

 " Sir, 



" Your most affectionate 



" Father and Friend, 

 " IzAAK Walton. 



" London, April 29, 1676." 



" There is no evidence in either volume to 

 show that Walton ever did perform this 

 pilgrimage." 



Unpublished Letter of Izaak Walton 



{Notes and Queries, 2nd Series, No. 20, 



May 17, 1856) 



The following is a copy of a letter from Izaak 

 Walton, of which the original autograph is among 

 the MSS. in the Library of Trinity College, 

 Dublin— 



" S', — I came well from Winton to London, 

 about 3 weikes past : at that time I left Do' 

 Hawkins well ; and my dafter (after a greate 

 danger of child berth) not very well, but by 



