CHAPTER VII 



THE EVE OF THE MASTER 



IT is one of the main purposes of this book 

 to consider the question of expense, and to 

 endeavour to enable readers to enjoy much 

 good sport at httle cost. This it has been 

 necessary for the writer to do himself, and 

 therefore the following opinions are the result 

 of experience, and every one of the various 

 ways here suggested has been actually tried. 

 I started in life with the fixed determination 

 to hunt as often as possible, and wherever the 

 chance should come in my way. This has at 

 all events given me a wide experience, and I 

 have hunted stag and fox, hare and otter, 

 and ridden every conceivable kind of animal, 

 have hunted on foot when no horse was avail- 

 able, and even tried a bicycle, though I am 

 bound to say that the last named, though a 

 useful roadster, is the very worst possible 



