DEDICATORY NOTE. 



might have been sharers of there, had our 

 offered services been accepted. 



As our art is " the contemplative man's re- 

 creation," and we have so enjoyed it together, 

 can I do better than inscribe this little volume 

 to you as a donum amicitice, and through you to 

 all gentle lovers of the angle, and of scenery 

 and scenes such as those of the Lake District, 

 once the favourite haunts of the angler, and 

 which might be so again, could unlawful fish- 

 ing be prevented ? 



I am, 



Your loving Friend, 



PlSCATOR, 



Lesketh How, Ambleside : 

 December, 1856. 



