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life ? Let it be remembered, "The Chase" 

 has been immortalized by ancient sons; 

 nor did Somerville, in modern times, con- 

 sider it unworthy of his pen. I shall not, 

 therefore, descant on the importance or 

 non-importance of Field-Sports ; bearing in 

 mind that common, though just observa- 

 tion, " whatever is worth doing at all, is 

 worth doing well;" and as my chief object 

 is the endeavouring to convey instruction 

 to the young Sportsman— with now and 

 then a friendly souvenir for the old— how- 

 ever little the following effort may interest 

 the mere pedant, I rest satisfied in the as- 

 surance of my friends, that lam advocating 

 a manly national amusement, conducive to 

 health, and in unison with gentlemanhj 

 feeling. Hence, if this humble attempt 

 shall in any way tend either to the initia- 

 tion, the improvement, or even the amuse- 

 ment of a young Sportsman, the end I had 

 in view will have been fully answered, while 



