PREFACE 



MOST of the following sketches were originally 

 published in the National Review and the Bad- 

 minton Magazine, and in a special Christmas 

 number of Rod and Gun. I desire to thank 

 the publishers of those periodicals for permission 

 to reproduce them in a collected form. I have 

 revised the whole, and added an introductory 

 chapter and a new article ; but, while I have 

 omitted repetitions and corrected some mistakes, 

 I have not thought it desirable to rewrite much, 

 as I desire to convey to my readers the fresh 

 impressions produced upon my own mind at 

 the time by various days' sports in the West 

 Highlands. 



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