VI DEDICATION. 



is proved by keeping a tame pike to remind you 

 that there are as good fish in the sea (or river) 

 as ever came out of it. 



My next ground was, that some of the incidents 

 I have attempted to narrate may serve to remind 

 you of a good specimen of a country gentleman 

 and sportsman, a mutual friend (who is now, alas ! 

 no more), with whom we have enjoyed many happy 

 days' sport. 



My last ground was, that I have had the honour 

 to serve with you in the " Tented Field," and I 

 look back with pleasure to past days under your 

 command. 



I feel that what I have written of my early 

 experiences as a sportsman are scarcely worthy 

 of being published, but ce que j'en escrit est pour 

 7me citriosite, qui plaira possibleinent a aucuns est 

 non possiblement aux aiLtres. 



Allow me then to thank you for so kindly 

 allowing me to dedicate my book to you, and 

 with feelings of great regard for yourself and your 

 family, to subscribe myself by my " Nojii de 

 Plume',' which I adopted many years since from 

 having, whilst hunting, plumbed the depths of the 

 river from which I took it, three times in one 

 season. 



Yours faithfully, 



" Avon." 



