VI ADVERTISEMENT. 



gentlemen I beg to express the high sense I feel of the aid I have 

 deriveci from their excellent works. To my friend, William T. 

 Porter, I need not apologise for the two or three pages I have 

 boiTowed from his admirable edition of " Hawker on Shooting," 

 as he would pardon, doubtless, a heavier offence to a fellow- 

 worker in the same honorable field with himself. 



For the illustrations, designed by myself from living, or stuffed 

 specimens, I am greatly indebted to Mr. Bell, the eminent 

 taxidermist and naturalist, who kindly laid open his cabinet for 

 my use ; and I will only add my acknowledgment to Mr. Read, 

 for the spirit and fidelity with which he has rendered my draw- 

 ings on the wood. 



This said, nothing remains but to express my hope, that my 

 labors may be not wholly vain, and that my doctrines may meet 

 the favorable censure of those, for whose use they are intended 

 — THE Sportsmen of America. 



HENRY WILLIAM HERBERT, 



The Cedars, Anirust 3rd, 1S48, 



