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But, yes— he must be a lover of such things, and not reposing on a 

 summer day, under a hot sun, smoking his pipe, or taking his ease. If so, 

 it is in vain to place such matters before him, and I shall have failed in my 

 attempt to please, in which case ''the Wash" will turn out to me as 

 ill-omened a scene as ever it proved to the weary eyes of that most imbecile 

 of our Norman kings. 



I have to thank Mr. Gurney for his kind help in obtaining from 

 Mr. Cresswell permission to draw these nets, the property of the latter, to 

 whom I am bound to express my obligations for the trouble taken on my 

 behalf, and the assistance bestowed. 



