PREFACE. 



In publishing the following descriptions of the 

 various forms of "Sport" some apology or ex 

 planation may be necessary for the last of the series — 

 ''Deer-stalking" — the concluding sentences of which 

 were written only a few days before the author's 

 sudden death. It has, therefore, not had the 

 advantage of his personal revision and correction, and 

 may be, to some extent, deficient in the finished style 

 and neatness of expression which were characteristics 

 of his wTitings. My grateful thanks are due to 

 General Crealocke for his kindness in undertaking 

 the illustration of the book — a work which he 

 began out of regard for an old friend, and which 

 he has completed as a tribute to his memory. 



Augusta Bromley Davenport. 



