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Many writers have attempted to imitate it, some, 

 notably Whyte Melville, with success, but it must 

 always be remembered that ' Nimrod ' was first in the 

 field. Like Homer, he was neither hampered nor helped 

 by any previous gleaners in the same stubbles. Others 

 may take him as their exemplar, but he was the original 

 creator. 



In the three Quarterly Review articles ' Nimrod ' 

 reached his high-water mark, and upon them no doubt 

 his claim to literary distinction mainly rests in the eyes 

 of 'the general,' but the sportsman will find in his 

 'Hunting Tours' and ' Hunting Reminiscences ' matter 

 as lively, racy and entertaining as ever came from the 

 pen of any writer on sport. 



On the 19th of May, 1843, Charles James Apperley 

 died at his residence, Belgrave Square, Pimlico, in the 

 sixty-fifth year of his age, leaving behind him sons who 

 inherited his passion for sport. One of them. Colonel 

 William Wynn Apperley, greatly distinguished himself 

 in India, not only as a mighty shikarri, but also as head 

 of the large government military studs, where, both as a 

 buyer and breeder of horses, his services were invaluable. 



There are grandsons, too, of ' Nimrod ' now living who 

 have distinguished themselves on the polo-ground, on 

 the race-course and in the hunting-field. 



