vi PREFACE 



Each volume of the present Series will, there- 

 fore, be devoted to a bird, beast, or fish. Their 

 origin will be traced, their birth and breeding 

 described, every known method of circumventing 

 and killing them — not omitting the methods em- 

 ployed by the poacher — will be explained with 

 special regard to modern developments, and 

 they will only be left when on the table in 

 the most appetising forms which the delicate 

 science of cookery has discovered. 



ALFRED E. T. WATSON. 



