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they will not consider my few notes a sacrilege. I have 

 much pleasure in stating that the text is exactly the same as 

 in the original edition. My hope is, with the illustrations 

 and notes, to make the book more widely known amongst 

 those to whom heretofore Beckford has been only a name. 

 No man or woman ought to be allowed in the hunting-field 

 until they have read and thoroughly digested Thoughts on 

 Hunting — I mean the original phase, not my additions. 



J. OTHO PAGET 



P.S. — My notes may be distinguished from the author's by being 

 in brackets. 



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