SPORTING AND MILITARY 



ADVENTURES. 



CHAPTER I. 



WAS born in a small town on 

 the west coast of Ireland, and 

 though years have since rolled 

 on, and I have passed through 

 many adventures in all climes, the 

 recollections of my much loved home 

 have never been effaced from my mind. 

 My rides on a shaggy pony, my first 

 attempts at fishing, and the first successful 



capture of a trout, about the length of my 



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