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The four earlier editions of Walton read, "I will go with you * either to Charles Brandon's (neer to the Swan in Golding-Lane); "or to Mr. Fletcher's in the Court which did once belong to Dr. Nowel, the Dean of St. Paul's, that I told you was a good man "and a good Fisher; it is hard by the West end of St. Paul's "Church; they be both," &c. Viator selects Charles Brandon. This is in the last Chapter of the First Edition. The marginal note on the value of an Angler's Tackle did not appear until the Second Edition.

Page 226. There be divers kinds of Cadis or Case-worms.

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These are the larvæ or sheaths of the Phryganea grandis of Linnæus; and in their various states of Cadew-Worms, Nymphæ, Aureliæ, and perfect Insect, are represented at the head of this note. The Flies produced from these cases, greatly resemble the Moth tribe, but they are to be distinguished by their feelers and other marks about the head: the mouth is without teeth, and the lower pair of wings is plaited. Fig. 1, in the annexed cut, is a Sheath of the Cadew-Worm, formed of small shells, shewing the enclosed fly in the act of feeding. Fig. 2, is a Case made of various refuse materials found by the water-side: as a curled snail-shell, bits of wood, and fragments of straws or twigs. Fig. 3, is a Sheath made of the shells of small water-snails. Figs. 4, 5, 6, are Sheaths formed of a miscellaneous collection of articles, both aquatic and vegetable. All the above belong to that class of Cadew-Worms commonly entitled Ruff-coats, or Cock spurs; they are about an inch in length, and

have an opening at each end. Fig. 7, is a representation of the Piper-Cadis, or Straw-Worm, in it's case made of two pieces of reed or rush, which, at it's full growth, it fixes to some water-plant, and drawing it off, appears the Chrysalis shewn in Fig. 8. In this may be seen the imperfect limbs of the future fly, Figs. 9, 10, to which, in fourteen days it is changed. Shaw. Reaumur. Hawkins. Page 233. Matthiolus commends him, &c.

Petrus Andreas Matthiolus, was born at Sienna in Tuscany, in 1501. He was an eminent Physician, and particularly famous for his commentaries on some of the writings of Dioscorides. He died of the Plague at Trent, in 1577. Hawkins.

Page 235. as you may note out of Dr. Heylin's Geography. Vide No. 23 in the foregoing list, from pages 458, 459, of which, this Chapter, from the words "The chief is Thamisis"-down to the end of Drayton's Sonnet, is printed almost verbatim. Dr. Peter Heylin was born at Burford in Oxfordshire, Nov. 29, 1600. In 1619 he was made Fellow of Magdalen College, Oxford, and in 1621, he published his Microcosmos, alluded to in the text. He was closely attached to King Charles I. and wrote for him the weekly paper, entitled, Mercurius Aulicus; though his loyalty reduced him to great poverty. He died on May 8, 1662. Chalmers. Page 239. Grotius in his Sophom.

Hugo Grotius, or De Groot, a very celebrated Scholar, States man, and Theologian, who was born at Delft in Holland, on April 10, 1583. He was at first an Advocate, but about 1613 he became Grand Pensionary of Holland; though in 1618, for adhering to the doctrines of Arminius, he was confined for nine months in the Castle at the Hague. Grotius died at Rostock in Pomerania, August 28, 1645. Chalmers. His works were very numerous, and a translation of that alluded to in the text, is shewn at No. 20 in the foregoing list. The passage will be found at pages 29, &c. in the speech of the Chorus, and in the notes to the third Act, pages 84. &c. The title of the Tragedy, Sophompaneas, signified in the Egyptian language, the Saviour of the World; and was given to Joseph, Pharoah's Minister, because he delivered so many nations from destruction by famine.

Page 254. It is well said by Caussin.

'Nicholas Caussin, a Jesuit and Confessor to Louis XIII., was born at Troyes in Champagne, in 1580. He was esteemed a person of great probity, and of such a spirit, that he attempted to displace Cardinal Richlieu; but that Minister proved too powerful for him, and procured his banishment to a city of Lower Bretagne. He returned to Paris after the Cardinal's death, and died in the Jesuit's Convent there, in July 1651." Hawkins. Chalmers. The grave Divine mentioned on the next page, according to the Rev. M. Browne, was Dr. Donne. The verses by Sir H. Wotton, in

the same place, are printed near the end of his Remains; vide No. 43 of the preceding list.

Page 266. Brelsford.

Or Brailsford, a Township in the Hundred of Appletree, in Derbyshire, situate about 7 miles N. W. of the Town of Derby. Carlisle.

Page 270. Own me for his adopted son.

This alludes to the practice of the ancient Alchemists and Astrologers, of adopting favourite persons for their sons or pupils, to whom they imparted their secrets. Hawkins. In the present translation of the Scriptures, the Disciples of the Prophets are called " the "Sons of the Prophets," with the same signification. Page 283. Like Tom Coriate.

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This eccentric son of the Rev. George Coriate, was born at Odcombe in Somersetshire, in 1577. He was educated at Westminster School, and at Gloucester Hall Oxford; after which, he went into the family of Henry Prince of Wales. He travelled almost all over Europe on foot, and in that tour walked 900 miles with one pair of shoes, which he got mended at Zurich. Afterwards he visited Turkey, Persia, and the Great Mogul's dominions; proceeding in so frugal a maner, that, as he tells his mother, in a letter to her, in his ten months' travels, between Aleppo and the Mogul's Court, he spent but Three Pounds Sterling, living reasonably well for about Two-pence Sterling a day! He was a redoubted cham

pion for the Christian religion, against the Mahometans and Pagans; in the defence whereof he sometimes risqued bis life. He died of the Flux, occasioned by drinking Sack at Surat in 1617; having, in 1611, published his Travels in a quarto volume, which he called his Crudities; in which, on the reverse of b 1, in "a cha"racter of the Author," is the passage alluded to in the text. Hawkins. Chalmers. The preceding portrait of Coriate was copied from the Frontispiece to that work.

Page 283. What have we here? A Church?

This alludes to the Church at Alstonefield, a Parish in the North Division of the Hundred of Totmanslow, and County of Stafford; it is dedicated to St. Peter, and stands 5 miles NN. W. from Ashborn. Carlisle. The following View of it was taken from the South-west-that which appears on p. 286 is from the North-west.

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Page 289. Now you are come to the door.

This celebrated Fishing-House, views of which are given at pp. 292 and 347, is formed of stone, and the room within is a cube of fifteen feet, paved with black and white marble, having in the c ntre a square black marble table. The roof, which is triangular in - shape, terminates in a square stone sun-dial surmounted by a globe and a vane. It was originally wainscoated with walls of carved pannels and divisions, in the larger spaces of which were painted some of the most interesting scenes in the vicinity of the building; whilst the smaller ones were occupied with groups of Fishing-tackle. In the right-hand corner stood a large beaufet with folding doors, on which were painted the portraits of Walton and Cotton attended by a Servant-boy; and beneath it was a closet, having a Trout and a Grayling delineated upon the door.

Such was the original appearance of the Fishing-House, as collected from a description given by Mr. White of Crickhowel to Sir John Hawkins, in 1784; although it was then considerably decayed, especially in the wainscoating and the paintings. To this, the following account of it's present state, written from actual observation by W. H. Pepys, Esq., F. R. S., &c. will form an appropriate and an interesting counterpart. The visit which it details, was made by a party composed of several eminent characters, now living, equally distinguished in Science and the Fine Arts.

"It was in the month of April, 1811, that I visited the celebrated "Fishing-House of Cotton and Walton. I left Ashbourne about nine "o'clock in the morning, accompanied by several Brothers of the "Angle: we took the Buxton road for about six miles, and turning "through a gate to the left, soon descended into the Valley of the "Dove, and continued along the banks of the river for about three "miles farther, when we arrived at Beresford Hall. The Fishing"House is situated on a small peninsula, round which the river "flows, and was then nearly enveloped with trees. It has been a "small neat stone building, covered with stone-slates, or tiles, but " is now going fast to decay: the stone steps by which you entered "the door are nearly destroyed. It is of a quadrangular form, "having a door and two windows in the front, and one larger win"dow on each of the other three sides. The door was secured on "the outside, by a strong staple; but the bars and casements of "the windows being gone, an easy entrance was obtained. The "marble floor, as described by White in 1784, had been removed; "only one of the pedestals upon which the table was formerly placed was standing, and that much deteriorated. On the left "side was the fire-place, the mantle-piece and sides of which were "in a good state. The chimney and recess for the stove were so exactly on the Rumford plan, that one might have supposed he "had lived in the time when it was erected. On the right hand "side of the room, is an angular excavation or small cellar, over "which the cupboard, or beaufet, formerly stood. The wainscoat "of the room is wanting, the cieling is broken, and part of the stone-tiling admits both light and water. Upon examining the "small cellar, we found the other pedestal which supported the "marble table; and against the door on the inside, three large fragments of the table itself, which were of the Black Dove-Dale "Marble, bevelled on the edges, and had been well polished. The inscription over the door, and the cypher of Walton and Cotton "in the Key-stone, were very legible.'

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On the Title-page to the Second Part of the preceding work appears an engraving of this Key-stone; and on the reverse of the same leaf, are representations of the Chimney-piece and Stone Table above-mentioned, taken from sketches made upon the spot.

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