THE 



SNAFFLE PAPERS 



ON THE DOGMATISM OF SPORTSMEN 



QPORTSMEN, by which term I here 

 ^^-^^ mean what the Americans call 

 "hunters," or, in other words, those who 

 endeavour to compass the destruction of 

 their game by the aid of powder and lead, 

 have had a number of epithets, more or less 

 flattering, applied to them by various writers. 

 I am afraid that as a rule they are less than 

 flattering, being generally such qualifications 



