vi PREFACE. 



is a saving of time to many, who would be 

 better employed than in reading superfluous 

 volumes, on a mere subject of recreation ; as 

 well as of expense to those, who could not 

 conveniently afford to purchase them. 



Every thing here asserted has been the re- 

 sult of many years' trial and experience ; and, 

 therefore, all reference to other publications 

 has been as much declined, as have statements 

 from report; and it has been attempted to 

 dilate most, on what has been the least ex- 

 plained by other authors. 



So much, indeed, has been published, by 

 more able writers, on field sports of every de- 

 scription, that little remains to be said on the 

 subject. In Mr. Bewick's History of British 

 Birds, the descriptions are so well compiled, 

 and the figures so faithfully, elegantly, and 

 scientifically engraved, that, after such a work 

 on ornithology, it would be difficult to offer 

 any thing, but what would prove unworthy 

 of perusal. 



The pursuit of game is already too well 



