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sporting literature, and transcribed to paper his 

 observations of men and manners in the hunting 

 field with a wit and satire that has never been 

 surpassed. 



Having alluded to Slater's Early Editions, I must 

 state now how much I am indebted to Mr. J. Herbert 

 Slater for his advice and for his assistance to me in 

 regard to the compilation of these pages. The 

 sincerity of our friendship is only known to our- 

 selves ; but the regard paid to him by sportsmen 

 from Westmoreland to Brighton deserves notice in 

 these pages. His industry in regard to sporting 

 bibliography and to sporting prints has been inde- 

 fatigable, and has been of the greatest assistance to 

 sportsmen who wish to fill their library shelves 

 or to decorate their walls with mementoes of the 

 chase. But Mr. Slater's researches are worthy of 

 a new chapter. 



