P II E F A C E 



TO THE SECOND EDITION. 



We must confess that it was with some degree of surprise, 

 as well as pleasure, that we learned from our Publishers 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, that we had sent forth from the press Avith 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 that we observed from time to 

 time the many flattering reviews and complimentary notices 

 that appeared in the various journals in reference to our work. 



We sincerely trust that on this, its second advent^ in an en- 

 tirely neAV as well as doubly attractive garb, that 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 inte- 

 resting, both as regards the style of getting-vjy, and the addi- 

 tional matter that we have inserted. 



These additions, however, though many, have been in most 

 instances ingrafted so insidiously on the old text, that they can 

 scarce be discerned, save b}^ those who may have felt their de- 

 ficiency in the first edition, and will now, we trust, in the present 

 Volume, find a portion at least of these defects supplied. 



