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duty elsewhere, as I have seen them amongst a collection of old 

 prints with different titles. " The Wildfowler " is a good book, 

 and well worth its cost. 



" The Fowler in Ireland." By Sir Ralph Paynt-Gallwey, Bart. 

 Published by Van Voorst in 1882. After this work, we may almost 

 consider the subject of woldfowling exhausted. The plates are 

 very good indeed, and make one long to be out on the water. The 

 working of decoys, building punts, &c., are explained by a master 

 hand, whilst the accounts of snipe shooting in Ireland and plover 

 netting Sir Ralph's own adventures are very interesting. 



" Shooting . and Fishing Trips in England, France, Alsace, 

 Belgium, Holland, and Bavaria," by " Wildfowler," " Snapshot," 

 second edition, Chapman and Hall, 193, Piccadilly, 1878, with 

 two illustrations by Vincent, Brooks, Day and Son, Woodbury 

 Type, price 8s. This book contains 440 pages of absorbing 

 interest. I well remember when I got my first copy, first edition, 

 in two volumes, that I was caught in a shower coming home, and 

 was in such a hurry to read the book that instead of changing my 

 clothes I simply undressed and lay in bed reading. 



I have had the second and third series, published at 2 is. each, 

 and enjoyed reading them very much. They are, however, 

 scarcely equal to the first series, as they are more leavened with 

 dog and sea-fishing lore. 



The Badminton Library: "Shooting," by Lord Walsingham 

 and Sir Ralph Payne-Gallwey, Bart., with contributions by the 

 Hon. Gerald Lascelles and A. J. Stuart-Wortley, with numerous 

 wood illustrations by C. Whymper and others. Published by 

 Longman's, 1886, in two volumes, " Field and Covert " and 

 "Moor and Marsh," price los. 6d. each. The illustrations, of 

 which there are about 100 in the first volume and 60 odd in the 

 second, are very good. The shooter who wishes to be " au fait " 

 in shooting matters, should procure both volumes. By the way, 

 there is a woodcut of Sir Ralph, in fowling costume, in the 

 second volume. 



" Rambles After Sport; or, Travels and Adventures in America 

 and at Home." By Oliver North. Published at the "Field" 

 Office, 1874; price, I think, 6s. A very good book. The first 

 chapter, entitled, "A Week's Duck Shooting at Poole," contains 

 25 pages of a very interesting nature ; punting, sailing, and flight- 

 ing are well and graphically described. Further on, some of 

 the author's American Experiences, especially the bear shooting 

 in California, are very amusing and exciting. Another book 

 shooters should possess. It can be read over and over again. 



" The Idstone Papers " on sport and things in general, by 

 " Idstone " (Rev. Thomas Pearse, who died at Bournemouth, 

 24th September, 1885), published by the " Field," 1874, at 75. 6d. 



