PREFACE 



THESE articles, with the exception of Nos. I. and II., were 

 written immediately after the events described in them 

 had occurred in the year given above each as a short record 

 of travel and sport intended in old age to amuse and recall 

 to my mind many delightful scenes then perhaps faded or 

 forgotten. 



They are now collected and printed privately to be offered to 

 my friends, although I greatly fear that what I it being part of 

 my life find interesting they might think the reverse. 



As a compromise, therefore, I hope to provide an attractive 

 cover. 



Some of the articles having already been published, my sincere 

 thanks are offered to the Editors of B ally's Magazine, Field, 

 Land and Water, and Glasgoiv Herald for permission to reprint 

 them. 



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