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INTRODUCTION. 



representative types of the two classes, that the 

 labors of sportsmen are chiefly directed. Many of 

 the methods therein described will be found appli- 

 cable to the taking of the other varieties ; but 

 where the different habits of the other varieties 

 occasion different plans of operation, they are 

 elsewhere duly and explicitly explained. 



The various concurrent subjects of guns, boats, 

 decoys, etc., have been briefly yet compre- 

 hensively discussed under their proper headings. 





