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purchased any work which treated the subject 111 what 

 I considered a judicious and perspicuous manner, and, 

 above all, which taught by what means a finished edu- 

 cation could be imparted, I would gladly have recom- 

 mended the study of it, have spared myself the trouble 

 of detailing the results of my own observations and ex- 

 perience, and not have sought to impose on any one 

 the task of reading them. When I began the book, 

 and even when I had finished it, I intended to put it 

 forth without any token by which the writer might be 

 discovered. Mr. Murray, however, forcibly represented 

 that unless the public had some guarantee for the fidelity 

 of the details there would be no chance of the little 

 work being circulated, or proving useful ; therefore, 

 having written solely from a desire to assist my brother 

 sportsmen and to show the injudiciousness of severity, 

 with a wish that my readers might feel as keen a zest 

 for shooting as I once possessed, and with a charitable 

 hope that they might not be compelled to seek it in as 

 varied climates as was my lot, I at once annexed my 

 address and initials to the manuscript. 



W. N. H, 



United Service dub, 



