VI - PREFACE. 



In the following autobiography of a hunter, the 

 reader will find a specimen of this species of 

 romance. It is not without its moral. It shows 

 what a man is capable of daring and doing, even 

 for the mere love of adventure; and thus fore- 

 shadows what higher things he might dare and do 

 under the potent influence of a higher motive. 



