DEDICATION. 



that their choice had fallen on one from whose 

 experience and practical knowledge in their favo- 

 rite Art of Angling, they should derive both 

 instruction and much pleasing information. Nor 

 have they been disappointed. On every occasion 

 on which we have had the pleasure of seeing you 

 in our chair, some useful hint has been recorded, 

 or some fact related respecting the inhabitants of 

 your northern rivers and lakes, which were equally 

 new and interesting. Some of them will be found 

 in this little Volume, which I beg leave to dedicate 

 to you, and to my brethren of the Walton and 

 Cotton Club, as a trifling proof of my sincere 

 regard for you all, and as an acknowledgment of 

 the many pleasant and rational hours which I have 



enjoyed in your society. 



Believe me, 



Very faithfully yours, 



EDWARD JESSE. 

 Hampton Court, 

 July, 183 . 



