X A HUNTER'S WANDERINGS 



ings and reproduced them upon the wood. In con- 

 clusion, I have only to add that in the following 

 pages I have done my best to express myselt in 

 plain, intelligible English ; and it I have not suc- 

 ceeded in this respect as well as I could wish, I trust 

 that my shortcomings will be leniently judged when 

 it is remembered that the last nine years ot my life 

 have been passed amongst savages, during which 

 time I have not undergone the best training for a 

 literary effort. 



THE AUTHOR. 



Barrymore House, 



Wargrave-on-Thamks, 

 "June 1 88 1. 



