CAUSE OF AUTHOR'S WRITING. 



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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, but with no expectation that my pen could 

 interest the public half as much as it would a favourite Skye terrier, 

 well known in Albemarle Street. 



UNITED SERVICE CLUB, 

 PALL MALL. 



BRISK. 



