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purpose above the mere indulgence of that peculiar 

 innate pleasure experienced in the chase, and at the same 

 time, if possible, to press upon the attention of natural- 

 ists the vast assistance they might obtain from their 

 humbler brethren by reducing their language to the 

 standard of ordinary comprehension ; and above all, to 

 insist, by every consideration of humanity, upon the 

 absolute necessity of preventing the cruel, wanton, and 

 untimely destruction of the beautiful inhabitants of our 

 woods and waters. These have been my objects ; it is 

 for you to judge how far I have succeeded. But, reader, 

 let me warn you : neither praise nor dispraise overmuch. 

 In either case I shall write another book, to justify the 

 former or disprove the latter. 



