io Preface 



sportsmen, who are at all times manly and 

 generous, will forgive the shortcomings of 

 my effort. 



In saying "Vale," I must beg my readers 

 to overlook my apparent "egoism," for I 

 can assure them I had much difficulty "to 

 overcome the just repugnance of my own 

 modesty " ; but I found it well-nigh impos- 

 sible to write personal experiences without 

 dragging myself in " neck and crop." 



In what I have written, the heart has in 

 a measure guided the pen, and I sincerely 

 hope that those who read the following 

 pages may derive some pleasure from an 

 old sportsman's recollections. 



" FIERY BROWN." 



