PUEEACE 



TO THE FIEST EDITION, 



The sporting j^ublic is already under many and great obliga- 

 tions to Henry William Herbert, Esq., for his most excellent 

 Avorks on Sporting, wliicli speak for themselves, and need no 

 commendation from us, abounding in information and research 

 which few have had so great opportunities of collecting or so 

 much talent to put together. We also owe much to William 

 T. Porter, Esq., for his valuable and beautiful edition of 

 "Hawker;" and we sliould not forget to thank J. S. Skinner, 

 Esq., f )r his many contributions to the same branch of litera- 

 ture. The favor that the productions of these gentlemen liave 

 met with from the public in general, has the more emboldened 

 us to venture forth with this unpretending Yolume ; trusting, 

 however, far more to the well-known generosity of " the craft" 

 for its kind reception than to any great merit of its ov0. 



We shall not, in a short preface like this, attempt to offer, for 

 the consideration of our readers, anything like an culogium 

 upon Field Sports ; nor shall v/e endeavor to exhibit to the 

 world the many benefits and advantages to be derived from the 

 general encouragement of these healthful pursuits. 



We beg merely to remind the student of science, the cunning- 

 expounder of Blackstone, the deeply-read follower of Galen, the 

 shrewd devotee of commerce, as well as the most skilful and 

 industrious of artisans, that liis intellectual powers demand 

 some remission of their labors, and that his physical energies 

 also need a certain degree of recreation or resuscitation to 



