HER ROYAL HIGHNESS THE DUCHESS 

 OF YORK. 



MADAM, 



JL AM emboldened by the knowledge 

 that your Royal Highness occasionally en- 

 joys the amusement of Angling , to lay this 

 Treatise at your feet^ and to offer it as an 

 humble tribute of my profound respect for 

 your Royal Highnesses many virtues, parti- 

 cularly manifested in the neighbourhood of 

 Oatlands, by your Royal Highnesses con- 

 descension and goodness in educating and 

 cloathing numerous poor children. As a lover 

 of every virtuous action^ and a loyal admirer 



