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PREFACE 



From what I have been told, and judging also by the 

 large numbers of letters which reach me from many 

 parts of Great Britain and her colonies beyond the 

 seas, the publication of a new book under the joint 

 auspices of Mr. Sedgwick and myself is keenly looked 

 forward to by a large number of the boys and girls of 

 our world-wide empire. 



As a result of the publication of that wonderfully 

 successful volume Every Boy's Book of British Natural 

 History, and, at a later date, The Boy's Own Nature 

 Book, we have been honoured by a most appreciative 

 public, and among them it is a keen delight to number 

 a very large proportion of young people. 



in our present effort several new and attractive 

 features have been introduced which we hope will 

 make a strong appeal to boys both at home and 

 abroad. Among these may be mentioned the series 

 of stereo-photographs taken by Mr. Sedgwick with his 

 wonderful home-made camera and his valuable hints 

 on Nature-Photography, whilst the general interest 

 of his collection of pictures is not only well main- 

 tained, but it will be readily agreed, I think, by those 

 possessing our two previous books, that he has in this 

 instance easily surpassed his previous efforts at stalk- 

 ing wild creatures. 



In response to numerous requests, we have intro- 

 duced sections in this third volume which make a 



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