AUTHOR'S NOTE 



The writer of this volume of sketches makes no pre- 

 tence to literary merit, nor does he pose as a " mighty 

 Nimrod," for, although devoted to all branches of field 

 sport from early boyhood, he has never risen above the 

 rank of " average sportsman." 



The author begs to acknowledge the courtesy of the 

 proprietors of the undermentioned publications for per- 

 mission to reprint many of the sketches which appear in 

 these pages : — 



The Field, Country Life, Illustrated Sporting and 

 Dramatic News, Badminton Magazine, Baily^s 

 Magazine of Sports and Pastimes, Forests 

 Sporting Notes and Sketches, The Evening 

 Standard, The Globe, The Daily Mail, C. B, Fry's 

 Magazine, English Illustrated Magazine, South 

 Africa, The Yachtsman, The Shooting Times, 

 Forest and Stream (U.S.A.), The Johannesburg 

 Star, The Scottish Field and The Irish Field. 



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