PREFACE TO FIRST EDITION. 



This little book makes no pretension to originality. It 

 is not much beyond a selection of materials culled from 

 various sources, and strung together in a connected form. 

 The works of Polwhele, Risdon, Prince, and many others, 

 have been consulted, while Hawkins' "History of Kings- 

 bridge " has been borrowed from extensively. Valuable aid 

 has also been received from several of the inhabitants, and 

 others, to all of whom the writer tenders her very sincere 

 thanks. She is indebted to Mr. H. Nicholls, taxidermist, 

 for most of the information on the Natural History of the 

 district, it having been kindly furnished by him for the 

 purpose. The Photographs, with which some of the copies 

 are illustrated, are the work of her brother. 



Kingsbrklge, 1864. 



