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because I also have wandered very widely over the 

 barrens and across the lake-strewn wastes of that wild 

 and beautiful land in search of the same broad-antlered 

 stags ; whilst on the other hand the descriptions of 

 Mr. PricKard's hunting experiences in Patagonia, in 

 Labrador, in Norway, and in Eastern Canada have all 

 given me the greatest interest because I still have hopes 

 of following his footsteps into, at least, some of the more 

 accessible of these hunting grounds of which he has 

 been the pioneer. 



In reading this book and I trust it will be widely 

 read both in this country and on the other side of the 

 Atlantic no one can fail to be impressed with the fact 

 that Mr. Prichard has worked very hard for and well 

 deserved all the fine trophies which have fallen to his 

 rifle. He has never killed wantonly, but on the con- 

 trary over and over again has spared the life of a 

 thoroughly warrantable stag, in the hope which was 

 as often as not disappointed of meeting with a better. 

 Whether in Patagonia, Norway, Newfoundland, or here 

 on our Worplesdon cricket ground, Mr. Prichard has 

 always played the game as a true sportsman should. 

 What can I say more except to express the hope that 

 this book will be widely read and that the Author's 

 forthcoming hunting and exploring expedition into the 

 wilds of Labrador will meet with all the success which 

 I am sure it will so well deserve. 



F. C. SELOUS. 



WORPLESDON, SURREY, 

 May 25th, 1910. 



