NOTE. 



These chapters originally appeared as articles 

 in Macmillaris Magazine, the Cornhill Maga- 

 zine, the National Review, the Gentleman s 

 'Magazine, the St. James's Gazette and the 

 Pall Mall Gazette ; and I have to thank the 

 Editors and Proprietors of these periodicals for 

 permission to reprint them. The chapter entitled 

 " Water Poachers" is reprinted by permission 

 from the Nineteenth Century. 



As to the facts in the volume, they are mainly 

 taken at first hand from nature. 



J. W. 



