PREFACE. 



IN the following pages I have endeavoured to supply a 

 want which became apparent to me when first I tried my 

 hand at game preserving, and I trust that this volume, 

 though obviously incomplete, will assist others to avoid the 

 many stumbling-blocks incidental to the breeding, rearing, 

 and maintenance of a head of game. 



My self-imposed task of providing a manual for the 

 tyro has been a pleasant one, and I hope that the book, 

 besides assisting, and perhaps guiding, those engaged in 

 the preservation of game, will furnish inducements to its 

 readers to become amateur gamekeepers. 



WILLIAM CARNEGIE. 

 January, 1884. 



