The Waldrons, Croydon, 



April 3rd, 1869. 

 Dear MR. GILLMORE, 



Your letter asking my permission to dedicate to me 

 your forthcoming work on "ACCESSIBLE FIELD SPORTS" has 

 gratified me exceedingly, and I accept with pleasure your kind 

 proposition. 



When on your return to this country after years of foreign 

 travel, LORD RICHARD GROSVENOR mentioned to me his appre- 

 ciation of your talents, I did not, of course, foresee that his 

 introduction would lead to our becoming friends. Since then, 

 however, circumstances and kindred tastes have brought us closely 

 together. Intimately associated, as I have the privilege to be, with 

 my dear friend MR. FRANK BTJCKLAND in almost all his under- 

 takings, public and private, the love of Natural History which 1 

 have felt from my boyhood has been fostered by him, and he has 

 imbued me with much of his enthusiasm respecting pisciculture. I 

 immediately recognised the practical character of your writings on 

 these subjects and on the Field Sports of the many countries you 

 have visited, and if I have in any way aided you in making known 

 the results of the observations you have made during an adventurous 

 life, I congratulate myself and the public on my having been able 

 to do so. 



I assure you that the kind and complimentary tribute you now 

 offer me more than repays me for any encouragement I may have 

 been enabled to give you. 



With every good wish, believe me to be, 



Dear MR. GTLLMORE, 



Tour very sincere friend, 



HENRY LEE. 



