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and, till latterly, want of time, did not render im- 

 practicable. Moreover, I personally never fail to take 

 pleasure in reading of such sport as I have shared in, 

 and it is in the hope that this is also the feeling of 

 many others that I venture to bring this volume 

 before the public. 



Chapter III. has previously appeared in the Road 

 magazine, to the proprietors of which periodical I 

 here desire to express my thanks for their courteous 

 sanction of its republication. 



SNAFFLE. 



NIMROD CLUB, 

 LONDON, S.W. 



