Izaak H'alton 



The Izaak Walton Inn at the entrance to Dovedale. 



seen twice in no man's company he does 

 not like, and likes none but such as he 

 believes to be very honest men ; which is 

 one of the best arguments, or at least of 

 the best testimonies I have, that I either 

 am, or that he thinks me, one of those, 

 seeing that I have not yet found him weary 

 of me; " a testimony otherwise amply con- 

 firmed and referred to later on. 



While, on the one hand, there are these 

 credible data respecting Walton's success- 

 ful career in London, to the angler, who 

 is eager to know something, outside of tra- 

 dition and beyond mere surmise, of the 

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