VI PREFACE. 



have related them exactly as they occurred, exaggerating 

 nothing, and taking them from my journals written on the 

 spot. 



I must ask for some indulgence as regards my want of 

 literary skill, as I am not used to writing, and it was only at 

 the urgent request of some friends that, after so many years, I 

 at length consented to write some of my adventures, and I 

 find it difficult to compress the events of thirteen years into 

 so small a compass. I have left out many incidents and 

 experiences, so as to avoid wearying the reader, and I have 

 endeavoured to depict the life of a sportsman and traveller as 

 it was during the period comprised in the narrative. 



