PREFACE, 



INCE these Letters were prepared for 

 the press, the writer has seen the far 

 fuller and more useful work entitled 

 ' Sporting Reminiscences of Hampshire, by 

 ^sop.' It maybe well to state that the nearly 

 simultaneous appearance of these two books is 

 entirely accidental. The writers have had no 

 communication, and are not personally known 

 to each other. Whenever, therefore, they both 

 state the same fact, or concur in the same opinion, 

 they must claim to be considered as perfectly 

 independent authorities. If there should be any 

 points on which they may be found to differ, the 

 reader must judge for himself, which of the two 

 writers probably possessed the best means of 

 ascertaining the truth on that particular point. 



