SOME MEMORIES 311 



but we lack the power to recall them at 

 will ; some clue is wanted to stimulate 

 the mental vision, and then the picture 

 from the past comes back to us clear-cut 

 in all its outlines. Thus it is that as we 

 wander through these dull-looking pages 

 of figures, we may catch once more the 

 spirit of other days, and find new pleasure 

 in reviving forgotten hours of sport. 



While in our own minds we may thus 

 almost live once more days that are past, 

 it is not so easy to share our memories 

 with others. To lay hold on the fleeting 

 impressions and give them the permanence 

 of written matter is a chancy business, 

 while to follow happily actual doings in 

 the shooting -field may be reckoned as 

 the hardest task that falls to the lot of 

 the writer on sport. 



All the raw material may well be 

 there, the whole scene rising clear in the 

 mental vision ; the trouble only begins 

 with the setting of it into words. The 

 stuff must be put into small compass, else 

 it becomes wearisome, so all must be 



