IV DEDICATION. 



be certain to produce attention to any work 

 your Grrace may be pleased to countenance and 

 support ; and where that work advocates the 

 practice of kindness and humanity, all surprise 

 will cease that might otherwise exist, at my 

 being permitted to dedicate such a trifle as this 

 little Essay to the Duke of Beaufort. 



That title has so long been associated with 

 the true field sports of this country, that the 

 public will feel quite satisfied that any work 

 your Grace may consider as deserving support, 

 must be one written with truth, justice, and im- 

 partiality. If such should be found the unpre- 

 tending features of this little essay, I can 

 hope for no more : should it, under the flattering 

 auspices with which it will appear, become 

 popular, I shall feel perfectly convinced that to 

 those advantages it will be indebted mainly for 

 its success. 



Whatever may, however, be its fate, the 

 honour conferred on me by its dedication no 



