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with Emblems of Love and Music. Drawn by W. H. Brooke: Engraved by T. Mosses.

44. Chap. XVII. p. 218. The Roach, from an Original Painting by W. Smith. Drawn and Engraved by H. White.

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p. 219. The Dace, ditto, ditto.

p. 229. Tail-piece: View of London-Bridge with Fishmongers' Hall, &c., taken from Bankside; after an Original Drawing by Shepherd: Copied and Engraved by H. White.

47. Chap. XVIII. p. 230. Group of Fish, consisting of the Minnow, the Loach, the Bull-Head, and the Stickleback; from an Original Painting by W. Smith. Drawn and Engraved by J. Thompson.

48.

p. 234. Tail-piece: Group of Cupids Fishing. Drawn by W. H. Brooke : Engraved by W. Hughes. "He is a sharp biter at a small worm, and in hot "weather makes excellent sport for young Anglers, or 'boys." p. 231.

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49. Chap. XIX. p. 239. Tail-piece: Portrait of Michael Drayton, surrounded by the Genii of the Rivers mentioned in his Sonnet on page 237. Drawn by W. H, Brooke: Engraved by T. Mosses.

50. Chap. XX. p. 244. Tail-piece: View of Snaresbrook, in the County of Essex; now a Subscription-water, considered as a Fish-pond, but described in Potts's Gazetteer, as approaching in dimensions to the size of a small lake. From an Original Drawing made on the spot by W. Smith. Engraved by H. White.

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51. Chap. XXI. p. 262. Tail-piece: Exterior View of Tottenham Church, and Monuments, including the Mausoleum of the Colerane Family; from an Original Drawing made on the spot by John Capes, Esq. of Walworth. Copied and Engraved by H. White.

The dialogue of the First Part of the Complete Angler, closes at Tottenham High-Cross, which at one period stood in the centre of the village; and the locality of which may be associated with the above view.

PART II.

WOOD-CUTS CONTINUED.

52. Title-Page, Vignette: Key-Stone from over the door of the Fishing-House on the River Dove, bearing the Cyphers of I. Walton and C. Cotton, Motto, Date, &c. Drawn by R. Thomson: Engraved by T. Mosses.

"I have lately built a little Fishing-House,-dedicated "to Anglers, over the door of which, you will see the "two first letters of my Father Walton's name and mine, "twisted in cypher." p. 272.

53. Reverse of the Title-page, Vignette: Marble Table, and Chimney-piece containing the same cypher, from the Interior of the Fishing-House. From an Original Sketch made on the spot by William Blake, Esq., F. R. S. &c., of Portlandplace. Copied and Engraved by H. White.

"All exceeding neat, with a marble table and all in "the middle." p. 290.

54. Chap. I. p. 265. Head-piece: View of the Town of Ashborn, in Derbyshire; near which the dialogue of the Second Part commences; from an Original Drawing by Robertson, of Derby. Copied and Engraved by G. W. Bonner.

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56.

Initial Letter Y: Armorial Ensigns of the Family of Cotton, of Beresford Hall, in the County of Stafford. Drawn by R. Thomson: Engraved by W. Hughes.. p. 275. Tail-piece: View of Thorpe-Cloud, and the Village of Thorpe, in Derbyshire, the Entrance to DoveDale; from an Original Drawing by Delabere Blaine, Esq., of King's-Langley, Herts. Copied and Engraved by G. W. Bonner.

57. Chap. II. p. 286. Tail-piece: Alstonefield Church, Staffordfrom an Original Drawing by Robertson, of Derby. Copied and Engraved by G. W. Bonner.

shire;

"What have we here? A Church? As I'm an honest

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58. Chap. III. p. 292. Tail-piece: The Fishing-house, erected by

Cotton on the banks of the Dove; from an Original Draw

ing by W. Blake, Esq. Copied and Engraved by H. White. 59. Chap. IV. p. 294. Tail-piece: Front and Side View of Beresford-Hall, in the County of Stafford, the Seat of Charles Cotton, Esq.; from an Original Drawing by D. Blaine, Esq. Copied and Engraved by H. White.

"But look you Sir, here appears the House, that is now "like to be your Inn, for want of a better." p. 284.

60. Chap. V. p. 304. Tail-piece: The Rocks called "The Brothers," seen in looking up the Stream of the River Dove; from an Original Painting by J. Linnell. Drawn by W. H. Brooke, and Engraved by G. W. Bonner.

"Oh my beloved Rocks! that rise

"To awe the earth and brave the skies :"

Cotton's Irregular Stanzas on Retirement,
Stanza viii. Introd. Essay, p. xi.

61. Chap. VI. p. 314. Tail-piece: View of Pike-Pool, Staffordshire, looking down the Stream; from an Original Drawing by W. Blake, Esq. Copied and Engraved by H. White. Why, Sir, from that Pike, that you see standing up "there, distant from the rock, this is called Pike-Pool." p. 312.

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62. Chap. VII. p. 331. Tail-piece: View of Pike-Pool, looking

up the Stream, with an opposite prospect of the Pike: from an Original Drawing by the Same. Copied and Engraved by the Same.

63. Chap. VIII. p. 341. Tail-piece: View in Dove-Dale of a remarkable Cave called Reynard's Hall, nearly opposite the rocks called the Brothers; vide No. 60: from an Original Drawing by Francis Chantrey, Esq., R. A., F. R. S., &c. Copied and Engraved by G. W. Bonner.

"Oh my beloved Caves! from Dog-star's heat

"And all anxieties, may safe retreat.”

Cotton's Retirement, St. viii. p. xi.

64. Chap. IX. p. 343. Tail-piece: View from the top of Dove

Dale, looking up the Stream; from an Original Drawing by
the Same. Copied and Engraved by H. White.

"Oh my beloved Nymph! Fair Dove!
"Princess of Rivers! how I love

"Upon thy flowery banks to lie;

"And view thy silver stream,

"When gilded by a Summer's beam."

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Cotton's Retirement, St. vi. p. x.

"But look you, Sir, now you are at the brink of the hill, how do you like my River?-the Vale it winds "through like a snake." p. 288.

65. Chap. X. p. 347. Tail-piece: View of the Back of the Fishing-House with Beresford-Hall behind it, shewing their relative situations: from an Original Drawing by W. Blake, Esq. Copied and Engraved by H. White.

66. Chap. XI. p. 356. Tail-piece: View from the Northern Extremity of Dove-Dale, looking down the Stream; the second rock on the left hand, is provincially called the "Iron Chest." A party of pleasure, such as frequently visits this romantic spot, is seen regaling in the foreground on the left: from an Original Drawing by Francis Chantrey, Esq., R. A., &c. Copied and Engraved by J. Thompson.

"Oh, how happy here's our leisure !

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Cotton's Retirement, St. iii. p. ix.

67. Chap. XII. p. 361. Tail-piece: View of the Exit from DoveDale, looking up the Stream; the great stone on the left being the boundary of the Ilam Estate: from an Original Drawing by the Same. Copied and Engraved by the Same. "And from the vales to view the noble heights above." Cotton's Retirement, St. viii. p. xi. 68. Page 362. Vignette: View of Haddon Hall, in the County of

Derby; taken from between Rowesley and Upper Haddon : from an Original Drawing by F. Chantrey, Esq., R, A., &c. Copied and Engraved by G. W. Bonner.

The Towns in the vicinity of this Seat are mentioned by Cotton in his Second Chapter, p. 280; and the Hall itself, which belongs to the Duke of Rutland, is extremely interesting, as the most perfect ancient Baronial Residence in existence. It is about 150 miles from London, and nearly three from Bakewell, a celebrated fishing station on the river Wye in Derbyshire. 69. Page 367. Linnean Characters of the Fish mentioned by Walton: Tail-piece: Nature furnishing her Children with the rude Implements of Angling. Drawn by J. Meadows: Engraved by H. White.

THE ENSUING ILLUSTRATIONS ARE CONTAINED IN THE NOTES. 70. Page 368. Illustrative Notes: Head-piece: Emblems of Hunting, Hawking, and Angling; allusive to the general contents of Chapter I., Part I. Drawn by the late J. Thurston: Engraved by J. Thompson.

71. Page 398 Copy from an Impression of an Antique Seal-ring,

formerly belonging to Sir Tho. Anderson, Mayor of Newcastle in 1599; by whom it was dropped into the River Tyne, where it was swallowed by a Salmon: Communicated by J. G. Children, Esq., F. R. S., &c. Assistant-Keeper of the Antiquities and Coins in the British Museum. Drawn by R. Thomson: Engraved by W. Hughes.

72. Page 401. Representations of the various kinds of Aureliæ, and Nympheæ of the Cadew-Worms, and of the Fly into which they subsequently change. Drawn and Engraved by G. W. Bonner.

73. Page 403. Portrait of Thomas Coriate the Traveller, from the Frontispiece to his "Crudities,” Lond. 1611. 4to. Copied and Engraved by T. Mosses.

74. Page 404. South-West View of Alstonefield Church, Stafford

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