The hunting enthusiast is never tired of 

 talking of the subject he loves, and I only hope 

 the reader may not grow weary of reading long 

 before I have finished my book. The honour 

 the editors of the Haddon Hall Library have 

 done me in seeking my co-operation I thoroughly 

 appreciate, and I trust they will not be very 

 disappointed with the result. They have told 

 me I need not be bound by the precedents of 

 past publications, and am not to be too severely 

 technical ; so that I intend to ramble on from one 

 point to another in the light manner of those 

 engaged in a smoking-room discussion. You 

 must please remember that this volume does not 

 pretend to be a complete text-book on hunting, 



