PREFACE. 



In giving my Hunting Recollections, I 

 must beg for the kind indulgence of my readers, 

 and remind them this is my first literary venture 

 — and a very difficult fence I have found it to 

 negotiate. When starting, I intended to give 

 a few hunting anecdotes only, but instead of " a 

 sharp, short burst," I find I have dropped into a 

 regular, long, slow hunting run with several 

 checks, and if my readers, after getting to the 

 close of this book, care to continue the run, I 

 propose to get on the line as soon as possible ; 

 and in our next we shall arrive nearer to the 

 present time. 



Before closing the Introduction, I must tell 

 my friends to what the proceeds of the book 

 will be devoted. Some five or six years ago I 

 was instrumental in starting a Home for persons 

 who, for some cause, find it impossible to 

 obtain work ; and, after remaining in the Home 

 for a certain time, and proving themselves 

 entitled to a recommendation, situations are 

 obtained for them. As far as the people are 

 concerned, the result has more than met our 

 expectations ; and, though the inmates of the 

 Home are employed in laundry work, for 

 various reasons we can never hope to make it 

 self-supporting. Any benefit derived from 

 " Hunting Recollections " will go to reduce the 

 debt. 



