INTRODUCTORY 



IT is the author's intention in this book to give 

 the novice in sportsmanship such suggestions and 

 plans of operations as might naturally be demanded 

 by him of an experienced sportsman ; occasionally re- 

 lating passages from his own experience, and through- 

 out pursuing a course that shall enable the novice 

 to apply any ideas of his own that he may have to 

 the task of becoming a practical good shot. This 

 book is intended more especially for the sportsman 

 of New England. It applies particularly to brush- 

 shooting, by which is meant all kinds of hunting 

 and shooting of game-birds, in the fields and in the 

 woods. But it will also apply generally to any part 

 of the United States or Europe ; for, in the writer's 

 opinion, to be a good shot in New England is to be 

 one the world over. 



So much has been written for the benefit of the 

 young sportsman, that it seems almost like a twice- 

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