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for the gun in another ; and it is above all things necessary, when 

 surveying under such guidance so vast and so variously populated 

 an area as Europe, to take the broadest possible view of sport. In 

 two cases, by the way, the boundaries of the continent have been 

 transcended ; for both Prince Demidoff and Mr. Hulme Beaman 

 found it impossible without so doing to present a connected and 

 intelligible account of sport in the Russian and Turkish empires. 



Horn measurements have, where available, been given in inches 

 or centimetres ; in some cases, however, the measurements could 

 not be verified and were therefore omitted. 



The illustrations are either from drawings specially executed by 

 three artists, who have made these subjects peculiarly their own, 

 or from characteristic photographs, with which the contributors have, 

 in many cases only by considerable labour on their part, had the 

 goodness to supply me. 



The very attractive series of pictures of sport in the forests of 

 Letzlingen and Konigs-Wusterhausen reached me by special com- 

 mand of His Majesty the Emperor of Germany ; and a pathetic 

 interest will also attach to the two pictures of that keen sportsman, 

 the late King Humbert of Italy, which were in my hands for publi- 

 cation many months before His Majesty fell by the assassin's hand. 



To them my best thanks are due, as also to many other friends, 

 among whom I should specially mention Mr. J. E. Harting, 

 Secretary of the Linnaean Society, for advice while the book was 

 passing somewhat slowly through the press. 



THE EDITOR. 



Bournemouth, October, 1900. 



