PREFACE. 



In offering these unpretending pages to the 

 public, it is simply the wish of the author and 

 his editor to draw its attention more particu- 

 larly to American field sports, and the reader 

 will soon find, that, avoiding the tedium of a 

 regular treatise or manual, we speak right on, 

 with the hope to interest and amuse. If suc- 

 cessful in this, our point is gained. 



