PREFACE. 



The subject of the joint preservation of game, and 

 foxes has long been " a bone of contention '* 

 between the respective votaries of shooting and 

 hunting, and for this reason it is a theme which 

 few have attempted to deal with exhaustively, for 

 fear of incurring the displeasure of one or both 

 the disputing parties. It is a diflficulty, however, 

 which for many reasons ought to be faced ; and, 

 while making an attempt in the following pages 

 to solve the vexed question, the writer is not 

 without hope that the advice which he ventures to 

 give will, if accepted, go far to allay that feeling of 

 irritation which in many hunting districts at the 

 present day too often prevails. 



If the reader will only lay aside prejudice, and 

 attentively consider the facts presented to him. 



