

Befctcatorg IBptstle 



TO 



SLR CHARLES TAYLOR, BART., 



OF HOLLYCOMBE. 



My dear Sir Charles Taylor, 



If ever man had a right to a dedica- 

 tion, most certainly you have a right to the 

 dedication of this book, for, had it not been 

 for you, book there would have been none. 

 It was on your lawn at Hollycombe that I 

 first wielded the two-handed rod, and threw 

 my wavering and unpractised line at a white 

 swan's feather ; it was from the window of 

 your travelling carriage that I caught my 

 first view of the Erne; and it was under 

 the tuition of your own faithful Pat Gal- 



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