INTRODUCTION. 



<N presenting this little volume to the 

 public, I am buoyed up by the hope 

 that it may not only be amusing, 

 but instructive. ' Most of the anec- 

 dotes happened to myself. They have of 

 course been dressed up in the garb of narrative 

 to make them presentable to the reader, but 

 all the incidents contained in them are true. 



To make a good sportsman, you must devote 

 much time and attention to its practice. Many 

 men, from their different occupations, cannot 

 afford this time, and many, very many who 

 have nothing on earth to do, are too indolent 

 to display any interest in it ; it is beneath their 

 notice, or they are too swell and grand to 

 attend to any of its minor details. Such men 



