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which seemed to me to lend interest and amusement to 

 the biography. So far as I am aware, no attempt has 

 ever been made before to collect in one volume 

 biographies of the famous Fox-hunters of Great Britain 

 and Ireland ; and, whilst I am conscious that the present 

 attempt to supply that deficiency is very far from being 

 exhaustive, I hope it will meet with favour from the 

 large public that patronises the glorious sport of which 

 it treats. 



WiNCHELSEA. October 1898. 



