DEDICATION. 



TO MY MOST RESPECTED AND VALUED FRIEND, 

 CHARLES HOLLOWAY. 



Friend Charles, 



You and I have over and over again jour- 

 neyed the darksome night and sunny day side by side ; 

 we have drank from the murmuring brook, and ate 

 the Anglers meal together, our angling propensities 

 are reciprocal, your tackle has been mine, mine yours, 

 no paltry selfish feeling has prevented us from enjoying 

 to the full extent our piscatorial rambles ; I have tried 

 your friendship by the most severe tests, it has remained 

 pure and immoveably firm, you have kindly told me of 

 my faults when alone, and encouraged me with your 

 approbation when in the right. Permit me then, with 

 feelings the most sincere, to dedicate this my rude at- 



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