INTRODUCTORY. 



T T is the author's intention in this book to give 

 * the novice in sportsmanship such suggestions and 

 plans of operations as might naturally be demanded 

 by him of an experienced sportsman ; occasionally re- 

 lating passages from his own experience, and through- 

 out pursuing a course that shall enable the novice 

 to apply any ideas of his own that he may have to 

 the task of becoming a practical good shot. This 

 book is intended more especially for the sportsman 

 of New England. It applies particularly to brush- 

 shooting, by which is meant all kinds of huntirig 

 and shooting of game-birds, in the fields and in the 

 woods. But it will also apply generally to any part 

 of the United States or Europe; for, in the writer's 

 opinion, to be a good shot in New England is to be 

 one the world over. 



So much has been written for the benefit of the 

 young sportsman, that it seems almost like a twice- 

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