TO
WILLIAM DICKINSON,
OF NORTH MOSSES AND THORNCROFT,
F. L. S.,
Author of “A Glossary of Cumberland Words and Phrases,”“Lamplugh Club,” “A Prize Essay on the Agricultureof West Cumberland,” “The Botany ofCumberland,” &c., &c., &c.,
THIS VOLUME IS INSCRIBED,
IN CORDIAL RECOGNITION OF THE PRE-EMINENTINDUSTRY AND SKILL DISPLAYED IN HIS ELUCIDATIONSOF THE HOMELY SPEECHOF OUR NATIVE COUNTY, AND IN GRATEFULACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF THE UNFAILING SYMPATHYAND THE KINDLY HELP WITH WHICH HEHAS BRIGHTENED A FRIENDSHIPOF MANY YEARS.