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 BY W ALEXANDER F.S.A.a.ri_d L.S. 
 
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 John Russell Smitlv, 
 Old Cofft p ton S/ reel, Soho. 
 
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TO THE 
 
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 and to the various 
 THIS JuURNEV OF ALEXANDER' S 
 
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 IVcr 2"'^ 1837 
 
 
PRE FACE. 
 
 A Jtmnit-y loBERESFORD HALL, th.- SEAT.. I' CHARLES 
 COTTON ESQ".' tlic lolebraioa ANGLER!?! 
 why what snirresistihle TiQe^ 
 BERE3F0RD HALL1 therein soinethiTi^ so oliamiiM iiit« soimil 
 Umt it i-fljiiiot Ik- dojscrihed. 
 
 To ail An^l.'i, It isilu- TALLY HO, oflli.- FOX HUNTER. 
 Asonlsiimii^ NECKaii.lNECKRACE.i.tlirHORSE RACER. 
 THE DOWN CHARCE.toilii- CRACK SHOT. 
 THE 30H0!i..ili.- COURSER. 
 THE RATTLING ..ftlvRINCS (nilu FLY FI3HER<.iTR0LLER. 
 
 Allowing nil thejoys thcso winon.-i ri|>i.rt,>' coiriiuanit. wliore 
 is one soln.Htin^ a.o Owt ofUi.- PEACEFUL ANGLER? Uio roflec- 
 tiofi chaiius and soolli.- On- (lovviiiiill 1. 1' lit'o, what Sport orVW 
 tiine \)nt tLnt ol'ANGLINC. couW rouse Oin forpid state of 
 taaajtihood at eis^hty-thre^i.' an age when wo muSlit e55>ect the aloiit 
 est veteran tolse' Sans toctlj. aana eyes, siuia laate, sans fVii-y 
 tiling"' Is there one amon^ Iho sportsmen ahove emimcralrd 
 that \voiili1 leave 1ii.s fire siile .-iml oa.^v ehtiir nml parliiki- ol'the 
 Joys oftli.CHACE,- THE RACE-GROUND. THE STUBBLE 
 FIELD.&c? I .louht^it . However, here is HONEST OLD 
 IZAAK WALTON'S, own words upon tJie sul>je.i . 
 
 Where lo?why.BERESFORD HALL \ tmdtheTead.r must 
 oloserve this wfi.-* written tolus ,'i<li>pted son COTTON, in 
 the yoai" lk)7t} Journeying into a counb^ the nio.st cliffieult il 
 liazardona tluit. can Vie coneoivcd for an aiSed ninn to travel m, 
 to .see his friend, and donlitjess to enioy his favorite diveraioiiof 
 An^lin^ in the delielittill streams of Uie DOVE, ejirr^rin'^ with him 
 thehest and choieest of all cartMvWesaintfs.a conteinplaliw 
 inind.and a chc^ritil disposition, an active and hejdthfnl hody. 
 
 So heaulcoiis didtJic sienery ol'this deln^htlul spot apfu-ar loliiiii. 
 that ,li. usehis omi words, llie plea.saiitness t.l'thomvr.niouiilajns. 
 iuui mejidows ahont il .eannot-be de3cnhcd,iniU^s3 Sir Philip Sidney, 
 orM" COTTON'3 fether were alive to doit. 
 
MEMOIR OF THE AUTHOR. 
 
 Wlliwii AlcxHmlPT, F.S .A. and Ti.S. waft Bom at Maidstone., 
 April, 10 „ 17(>7| where Viis ln.lh<"r, MrHrnrv Alcxftiidor.lollowod 
 the business of a coiiohTnaJicr. Afcw of his oarlier yoa.r.s 
 woro pAssod Ht the Grniiimnr school of Mai4l.-<1 one , under 
 the Ri'v!? Tliouia.'' t'hoiT^-, .sinoc Head M)i.-<ti'r oi" Mor<iia.iit 
 Tkyior's school, in LoTidon: Init in 178',i, ni the a^e of ftf- 
 txcn.he quitti'd }iia imtivi" town lor llu" Moirc^polis, where 
 bewaa senl tor ni8tTnelii>ii as an Arli.it . He I'ir.st studied 
 drawing iwider MT Wilham Parr, of Foi/inlain cotirt ,J*trHnd; 
 WA^ al'toj'ward.s plared with Ihhots >n,tJie celei)rat>."dl>iuid 
 8eaj:>o painter, tuid KeiA '^7',^M7d Vjhccajnc a student at 
 tho Roval Acftdeniy. hi 1782., he wajs appointed Dran^hl^s- 
 meu\ of thoFanh.i.'^.-'v to the Co-urt of Chma; eoid accom- 
 panied tlic Karl of Marartncy t o Pc.kin.when" heremajn'd 
 dwrin^ theJourncv tothc Nortlierrt Frontier. He rctum'd 
 witli tlie oilier pcr.«iont* i>f the European suite inJ784'-, & 
 in the followii\^ ycai' married Miss Jane Wo(^an,a lady af 
 ^krespeetahlo tamily in Wales, wlnnn Jic had the juisf^irlune 
 I^dIoso wiGihi a short time .-ifter Ins inaiTia^c. hil802,he 
 received an apponilmeut as Professor of Drawiiit^ at tin* 
 newly loMncd K'>ynl Military College at llrent Ma.i'low, which 
 Vi e quilted May Z8* 1808 . onlaein^ appointed Assistant Kee 
 per of the Uepartnient .>[' .Antiqiiilic!* in the hritash Mn = 
 soum. 
 
 The Drawings which aci-onipanied t^ir Ooor^o J>taniiton's 
 accoxwt of Gie Embassy to Chinn , pulilishedin 1797.werc 
 almost CAchisiATly from his pencil, hi 17y8,hc pviMishcd 
 tour plates of "Vicwa of lleadinnd.s. Islands, &.c, taken duniiji 
 theVoya^c toCVrina, anuMuUinv^ to tifly three in ruinihcr. 
 
and ill the ^aiiie yeai- completed Oie Dra^^^^l^s Ircmi 
 M": DaoiieVs sketche s . wiiicli illxistra^ted Captain 
 Vancouver's Voyage to tlie Nortli Pacific Ocean. 
 'Die productions of liis pencil also onxamenlod 
 MV Barrow's Travels in Cliina; quarto, 180 4<, as well 
 aa that ^entleniaiVa Voyage to Cochin Cliina , pnb- 
 lishedinthe year 1806. Inl805,"MTAlcxa2idei' .pnl)= 
 lislied "The Costxime of Clrina-iUnstratedin torly 
 ei^Tt ooloTxred liii^-a\-in^9'',in qivu-tOj acoovnpanied 
 by explana.tovy deacriptions ofthcaiinese Mamiors. 
 Th-is work was* 30 well received lyOie Pi\hhc, that 
 he was enconra^ed tolorin^ out another vohvvne 
 OTi the same subject , comprisin!^ a similar quan= 
 tity of plates and letter press . Three Volumes of 
 En^ravbi^s from the Terra- Cottas andMarhles 
 ni l\ie Bntish Museum, were pnblishcd in 1810,1812. 
 and 18 U'). by the Ti'usteies , the Eh-awin^s of wbicb 
 werre executed by MT Alexander , and the De scrip: 
 dons written by MV Taylor Comb e, the Keeper of 
 the Department of Antiquities. Previous to his 
 deatli, Mr Alexander, had completed Qielh-awin^s 
 of a foiiTth volume. He died July 23^*1816, of a 
 brain fever at the liouse of his uncle at Rocky 
 Hill; near Alaid stone, in the county of Kent . 
 
 His reiyiains wore intenvd in tlie Cliurcliyard 
 of Boxley, near Maidstone , July, 50'i^ 1816. He vms 
 a man of mild and unassrumin^ manners •, rich in 
 thelsnov^'lcd^c ofAii ; and of inK<n^llied integrity. 
 
 APorU-iit of M!"/\lexflmder, wa^n drawn liyll.Kdrid^e, 
 and Kni5,ravod by,C.rtc;vi-t ,but never was published. 
 
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