CHAPTER I. 



OF THE HISTORY AND LITERATURE OF HUNTING. 



^ N that most copious and 

 ( useful work, Blaine's 

 ' Encyclopaedia of Rural 

 Sports,' we are reminded 

 j^^ by judicious illustrations 

 (^ from both sacred and 

 profane writers for how long a 

 time the pursuit of wild ani- 

 mals, even as an amusement, 

 has engaged the attention of 

 man. In these days 

 of change, alarm, surprise. 



