PREFACE 



Brother Sportsmen : 



AS editor of a sportsman's journal for several years, and 

 weekly purveyor of information continually asked for 

 by its readers, I have long felt the need of constant refer- 

 ence to just such a compendium as the volume in hand ; 

 and hence, judging others' requirements by my own, I was 

 prompted to undertake a work which has required much 

 labor in its preparation and care in its revision. Whatever 

 may be its estimation by the Fraternity, I am satisfied that 

 the relief which the collocation will afford myself will prove 

 an ample compensation, even if I should receive no other. 

 The book must speak for itself, I am willing to let it stand 

 on its merits, while conscious that its extended scope ren- 

 ders it liable to defects, and the more vulnerable to criti- 

 cism. To anticipate mischances, I have indicated in its 

 proper place a list of reliable works of reference which will 

 supply whatever is lacking here. 



With regard to the Guide to Game Resorts, which I 

 know some gentlemen will take me to task for publishing, 

 I wish to plead that the rapid spread of population and set- 

 tlement, the multiplication of those who look to the rod and 



