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TO 



THE SIXTH EDITION, 



PUBLISHED BY 



JOHN SIDNEY Himtixs, Esq. 1797. 



IN consequence of the death of the former Editor, since the 

 publication of the fourth edition of this work in 1784, the revi- 

 sion of the present has devolved upon me, his son. For the 

 execution of this office he had left belu'nd him some corrections 

 and additions, inserted in the margin of his copy of the fourth 

 edition ; which, though not many, have been all made use of 

 on this occasion, from a wish that the book might receive the 

 advantage of his last corrections. Such of them as he had com- 

 pleted have been silently adopted ; but such as were nothing 

 more than mere hints, I have reduced into form, and distin- 

 guished them by the initials J. S. H. ; and where these latter are 

 continuations of former notes, have precisely marked wliere 

 they stopped in the fourth edition, by placing the initials J. H. 

 I have, however, in no instance varied from the last of the edi- 

 tions, published in his life, excepting u here it was warranted 

 by some memorandum of my father's, or by communications 

 from intelligent friends since his decease, being myself wholly 

 unacquainted with the subject. 



As the plates have, in consequence of the number of impres- 

 sions furnished from them for the preceding editions, become 

 so worn as to be no longer any ornament to the work, it has 

 been found necessary to omit them. Such of them, however, as 

 represent the materials for fishing (and which fortunately had 

 sustained less injury) have been retained; and for the omission 

 of the Test all possible amends have been made, by printing the 

 book with a better type, and on better paper than could other- 

 wise have been afforded. 



J. S. H. 



