MY DEAR SIR, 



With permission, I have the pleasure 

 of dedicating to you this bold but trifling effort, 

 and having originally tempted you to taste the 

 enjoyments of our delightful and harmless sport, 

 I can boast of having added to its votaries one 

 of the most kind, benevolent, hospitable, and 

 admirable of men ; a liberal Patron of the Fine 

 Arts, a Lover of sweet sounds, and an Enemy 

 to no one. These are truths seldom to be re- 

 corded, but fearlessly put forth by your 



Most grateful and true Friend, 

 THE AUTHOR. 



To SAMUEL CART WRIGHT, ESQ. 



