INTRODUCTION, 



* j M S if hunting for profit, night 

 mjm hunting for either pleasure or 

 W I gain and professional hunting 

 generally had no importance, 

 writers of books have contented them- 

 selves with dwelling on the study and 

 presentation of matters relating solely 

 to the men Avho hunt for sport only. 

 Even then the Fox Chase and Bird 

 Hunting has been the burden of the 

 greater percent of such books. 



It remained for tlie A. K. Harding 

 Publishing Co. (publishers of the Hunt- 

 er-Trader-Trappcr magazine and a num- 

 ber of helpful and practical books on 

 hunting topics), to appreciate the de- 

 mand for books and reading matter 

 adapted especially to the tens of thou- 

 sands of hunters who make, or partial- 

 ly make, their livelihood from hunting 

 and trapping, as well as a million casual 

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