DEDICATION. 



TO 



WILLIAM BUDD, Esq. 



CLERK OF THE PEACE FOR THE COUNTY OF BERKS. 



Kensingfon, \st Decemher, 1825. 



MV DEAR SlR^ 



The following work^ which relates to a sub- 

 ject that has, in all the various situations of life, 

 even from my boyish days, engaged my attention 

 and been to me a source of delight, I dedicate to 

 you, in order that my children may, when they can 

 no longer hear it from their father s lips, have, what 

 I hope may be, a lasting record of an expression of 

 that great respect and affection that I bear you, on 

 account of your numerous excellent qualities ; and 

 particularly on account of your constant exertions 

 in behalf of that now- suffering class, without whose 

 labour there can be no trees to shade, no houses to 

 lodge, no clothes to cover^ and no corn to feed us. 

 Those exertions, so judicious, so im wearied, and so 

 free from all ostentation, are the subject of admira- 

 tion with all who have the happiness to know you; 

 but, I trust, w ith no one in a higher degree than with 



Your faithful Friend 



And most obedient Servant, 



Wm. cobbett. 



