PREFACE ix 



Chamber lin & Smith, Norwich, for allowing me to use an 

 article I wrote specially for them, entitled " Pheasants from 

 Shell to Shot," which is incorporated in Chapter XXV. 



I wish to specially mention Mr A. Cecil Taylor as having 

 been a willing and painstaking collaborateur in the designing 

 of several of my ornamental illustrations. 



To the title of sportsman I rightly or wrongly lay some 

 claim, but to the title of artist-author I can hardly aspire, as 

 my training has been in other channels; should, therefore, 

 the faults and mistakes in my drawings and in my text 

 appear too glaring, I trust some consideration will be shown 

 by my criticisers, when they remember how very few there 

 are who ever attempt the double work of both writer and 

 illustrator combined. 



Whilst conscious that the merit of a good deal of the 

 information my book contains is attributable to my friends 

 I cannot forget that on me alone rests the responsibility for 

 its publication, and thus I venture to submit it to the generous 

 consideration of discerning fellow-sportsmen. 



NICHOLAS EVERITT. 



NORWICH, May 1, 1902. 



