PREFACE 



So steady is the flow of sporting literature, 

 so prolific has the last decade proved in 

 works on every branch of the chase, that 

 a word of justification seems necessary ere 

 offering yet another volume to join the 

 already serried ranks on those shelves of 

 the library devoted to the subject. 



Perchance some may find, in the 

 delicate handiwork of our artist, sufficient 

 excuse for all else there is between the 

 boards ; yet the writer hopes that, while 

 there may be nothing in these pages 

 which has not been said as well or better 

 before, yet in this attempt at a mono- 

 graph on the partridge and its relations 

 to sport there may be found for the first 

 time a fair and true summary of what is 



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