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is usually expected in the conduct and charac- 

 ter of an ecclesiastic and a gentleman.* 



On these two occasions, which of course 

 soon became public, a strong sensation was 

 naturally created in the minds of persons re- 

 siding in the neighbourhood of the transaction, 

 as their own rights and the enjoyment of a 

 highly prized recreation were involved in the 

 question ; and it being known that I had de- 

 voted much time and attention to the subject, 

 I was so strongly pressed to publish the Ob- 

 servations on the general right that I felt 

 myself bound to attend to their wishes. 



My object has been to bring into one point 

 of view, both the history and the law of the 

 subject; I have aimed at nothing more; whe- 

 ther I have succeeded or not, the public must 

 determine. That the work may have errors is 

 exceedingly probable, but of that also the 

 public will judge ; but I submit that the autho- 



* Since writing the above I have been informed that a lady, 

 the wife of an equally respectable gentleman, has been an- 

 noyed, while angling from a boat, in the sanpfc manner and by 

 the same person- 



