PREFACE. 



THE volumes ' Woodland, Moor, and Stream ' 

 and the ' Annals of a Fishing Village,' edited 

 by me from the Notes of " A Son of the 

 Marshes," have met with so satisfactory a 

 recognition of their merits, that both author 

 and editor are encouraged to venture upon 

 another series of sketches. The "Son of the 

 Marshes" has now established for himself the 

 reputation of a keen and enthusiastic student 

 of bird, animal, and fish life in the woodlands, 

 glades, and streams of our southern counties ; 

 and it has been the aim of the editor in 

 revising his MSS. to preserve that deep sym- 



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