ACKNOWLEDGMENT 



The series of articles here thoroughly revised and 

 considerably extended upon which this book is based 

 originally appeared in Recreation. The author's 

 thanks are hereby tendered the publishers of that maga- 

 zine for permission to use the papers in the present 

 form. 



Credit is due also to Mr. Edward Cave of Recre- 

 ation for the use of several photographs. 



SAMUEL G. CAMP. 



CANAAN, CONNECTICUT. 



