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purpose above the mere indulgence of that peculiar 
innate pleasure experienced in tlie chase, and at the same 
time, if possible, to press upon the attention of natural- 
ists the vast assistance they might obtain from their 
humbler brethren by reducing their language to the 
standard of ordinary comprehension ; and above all. to 
insist, by every consideration of humanity, upon the 
absolute necessity of preventing the cruel, wanton, and 
untimely destruction of the beautiful inhabitants of our 
woods and waters. These have been my objects ; it is 
for you to judge how far I have succeeded. But, reader, 
let me warn you : neither praise nor dispraise overmnch. 
In either case I shall write another book, to justify the 
former or disprove the latter. 
