PREFACE 



SOME of the reminiscences recorded in 

 the following pages were originally written 

 for Land and Water to whose editor I 

 am indebted for unvarying courtesy and 

 kindness and for other papers. 



The idea of publishing some of my recol- 

 lections in book form was suggested in the 

 smoking-room, after a very pleasant shoot, 

 by some keen old friends, well known in 

 the world of sport, who urged me to write 

 a series of short anecdotes relating to 

 various forms of our common pleasure, 

 based on personal and practical experience. 



Well, I have made this attempt to interest 

 those with sporting tastes and proclivities, 

 and if I have failed, I feel sure that brother 



