PREFACE 



TO THE SECOND EDITION. 



E must confess that it was with some 

 degree of surprise, as well as plea- 

 sure, that we learned from our pub- 

 lishers that they were so soon ready 

 to enter into an arrangement with us 

 for a second edition of our " Hints to 

 Sportsmen," as it was a gratifying 

 assurance, on their part, that the 

 unpretending volume which we had 



sent forth from the press with many misgivings as to its 

 merits had met with a kind and liberal reception from those 

 for whom we had in our hours of leisure compiled it. 



It would be affectation in us not to acknowledge that it was 

 with considerable satisfaction we observed from time to time 

 the many flattering reviews and complimentary notices which 

 appeared in the various journals in reference to our work. 



We sincerely trust that on this, its second advent, in an entirely 

 new as well as doubly attractive garb, we will meet with the 

 like good treatment from our friends of the press. We can 

 assure all our readers that nothing has been wanting on our 

 part to render the volume still more instructive and interest- 

 ing, both as regards the style of getting-up and the additional 

 matter inserted. 



XV 



