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would certainly never enter into the one or 

 probably hear of the other, and if he 

 did the result would be an estimation by no 

 means flattering to the parties from whom they 

 emanated; still every well regulated mind would 

 wish to stand well with all classes of his 

 fellow men, except the base, and as I in no way 

 hold many of the parties I have alluded to as 

 being of that character though in error on 

 certain points, I thought if any efforts of my 

 pen could set such errors right my time would 

 be beneficially employe^J. 



I hope that if I have placed the character 

 of the true sportsman in that fair light in 

 which I am quite convinced it has a right to 

 stand, if I have shewn that his pursuits are 

 beneficial to mankind, and if, in addition to this, 

 his usual conduct and avocations as a man have 

 a beneficial influence in the sphere of their 

 action, I have been found to reprobate sporting 

 and sporting men in no measured terms where 



