A. W. BAKER, ESQ., JUNIOR, 



OP BALLYTOBIN, CO. KILKENNY. 



MY DEAR SIR, 



Permit me to inscribe to you the following pages, with 

 the hope that you will not deem them altogether unworthy 

 of your acceptance. I know that you are, like myself, a 

 warm friend and admirer of the noble animal whose history 

 and habits they are designed to illustrate ; and trust that you 

 will receive, in the spirit in which it is tendered, this, the 

 only tribute in my power to offer, in return for the very kjs-d 

 and valuable assistance you extended to me in the prepara- 

 tion of the work. 



Believe me, my dear Sir, 



Your grateful Friend, 



H. D. RICHARDSON 



