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closing chapter of which he is indebted to the re- 

 nowned Dick Christian, the droppings of whose sage 

 lips he has reported pretty nearly word for word. 

 He may remark, at parting, that his book has now 

 reached its final limits as far as length is concerned ; 

 and he regrets that, being a maiden author, he was 

 not in a position to treat the hunting part of it as 

 fully in his earlier editions as he has done at this 

 third and last time of asking. The best answer he 

 can give to those epistolary critics who complain of 

 his too great " concentration," is that he hopes in due 

 time to concentrate his energies on a companion 

 sporting work. 



February, i8//z, 1857. 



