PREFACE DEDICATORY. XV 



be permanently improved, none will rejoice 

 more heartily than the Angler, whose pur- 

 suit leads him to the retired nooks and 

 corners of our birth-land, and affords him 

 so many opportunities of studying the habits 

 and feelings of a race to whom England 

 is so much indebted. 



Believe me, my dear Sir, 

 Your affectionate friend 



and fellow-countryman, 

 J. Y. AKERMAN. 



LONDON, 

 St. Valentine's Day, 1850. 



