:336 SHIKAR SKETCHES. 



But though grey Time shall make us old, 



Nor fit to poise the spear, 

 We'll still recall from memory's mould 



Those days that were so dear. 



J. M. B. 



Kamptee, 



September, 1871. 



With regard to the songs and verses given, I 

 have in the two instances where I have been 

 able to identify the writers given their names. 

 To some of the others initials have only been 

 appended, and to some no signature at all. At 

 any rate, for this / am not responsible. I have 

 merely given them exactly as I copied them 

 out of some old numbers of the Oriental Sport- 

 ing Magazine, dating back as far as fifty-seven 

 years ago ! But ' there were giants in those 

 days,' and my poor attempt at versifying, writ- 

 ten after my last day's hunting, must, if at all 

 worthy of being included in these songs of 

 shikar, occupy the only fitting place for it, viz., 

 the very fag end ! 



THE END, 



LONDON: PRINTED BY DUNCAN MACDONALD, BLENHEIM HOUSE. 



