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Smith, as well as the wood -cut of the fishing-house, having been 

 found inaccurate, Mr. SAMUEL has favoured the publisher with a 

 finished drawing of Pike-pool, and a sketch of the Fishing-house, 

 taken by himself on the spot, in the year 171)0. Nor are the En- 

 gravings of Fishes copied from the plates of any preceding Edition; 

 ihey are, in general, actual portraits of Fish which have been re- 

 cently captured j and the traits of character in each species, diver- 

 sified as the shape cf each, the artist has endeavoured to seize* 

 Former Editions were accompanied with a head of Cotton singly: 

 the portraits of Walton and Hawkins ; and also of Dr. Donne, Sir 

 Hen. Wotton,.Mr. Rd. Hooker, the " Divine Herbert," and Bishop 

 Sanderson, of whom biographical sketches are given in the Life of 

 Walton, are naw for the first time introduced. Beneath the frontis- 

 piece of portraits, is copied the Autograph adverted to in a note on 

 pa. OS ; for which purpose, I. S. HAWKINS, Esq. in whose possessioa 

 it is, obligingly lent it to the Publisher* The Engravings, without 

 an exception^ are by Mr. PHILIP AUDINET. 



3. The looseness and inadequacy of the punctuation having given 

 various passages in the former impressions an enigmatical air; par- 

 ticular pains have, in this, been taken with the points, in the confi- 

 dence that Walton may be rendered every where perspicuous by a 

 punctuation accommodated to his sl.ylc. 



4. In the Life of Walton, several interesting particulars, and 

 one essential piece of information, the fruit of the subsequent re- 

 searches of Dr. Zoucb, are given on his authority. 



5. Additional Notes from esteemed Writers on Aagling have been 

 inserted. And see, at the end of Chap. V. Part I. pa. 200, Notice 

 of another alteration intended as an improvement* 



6. The Index has been rendered more methodical, as well as 

 enlarged. 



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