viii PREFACE. 



one more to the ever-increasing list of similar publica- 

 tions, when it can but take a low rank amongst them. 



In conclusion, I would ask all my readers, as they 

 will have ample scope for severe criticism, to bear in 

 mind that the period to which my diary refers is very 

 short ; that, owing to the necessarily great sameness in 

 the daily routine of our lives, little matters were apt to 

 attract undue notice ; and that, as we went out purely 

 for the purpose of sport, this is the subject to which the 

 following pages have been chiefly devoted. 



