x PREFACE. 



out of the subject, got an undue prece- 

 dence in the order of completion. In 

 fact, these chapters are so nearly finished, 

 that they might with no great trouble 

 have been put into a condition of appear- 

 ing here, in their proper place, agreeably 

 to the original design of the author, as an 

 appendage to the " Instructions/' This 

 unquestionably would have made the latter 

 appear with additional advantage : but 

 such an increase of bulk would have 

 inflamed the price too much beyond the 

 ordinary calculation for a volume upon 

 our present scale. It has been deemed 

 advisable, therefore, to confine the present 

 publication to the leading matter of each 

 subject, given in an united state; with a 

 presumption, that by embracing thus the 

 mutual improvement of the dog and of 

 the shooter, it will more effectually than 

 in any other, support a claim to general 

 attention. Of course, the supplementary 

 chapters, concerning the gun itself, must 

 for the present be withheld ; but contain- 

 ing as they do a variety of amusing and 



