INTRODUCTION. 



THE following EfTays were given 

 me, many years ago, by a Gentle- 

 man, equally converfant with the fludy of 

 Natural Hiflory and the Diverfions of the 

 Field, as a fmgular Curiolity, which had 

 accidentally fallen into his hands, and which 

 he had tranfcribed : the firft from a MS. 

 the other from a printed Pamphlet, but 

 which was very fcarce. Having fhewn 

 them to moft of my fpdrting Friends, I 

 found them very deiirous of having copies; 

 and imagining, as they give an account of 

 a very popular and manly amufement, . and. 

 invefligate its nature and principles, many 

 <3ther Lovers of the Chace may be pleafed. 

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