TO 



SIR ROBERT SHAFTO ADAIR, BART., 



OF FLIXTEN HALL, 

 HARLESTEN, NORFOLK. 



SIR, 



The great interest you have taken in 

 the subject of fish ponds, induces me, with humble 

 apology, to dedicate this short treatise to you. 



I hope it will induce those readers who have the 

 opportunity, to give the subject a fair trial ; the result, 

 I am sure, will be a source of gratification to their 

 piscatorial friends, and of profit to themselves, in the 

 production of a better quality and greater quantity 

 of fresh-water fish. 



The kind attention I have received at your hands, 

 and your friendly introduction to Mr. Yarrell, author 



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