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PREFACE. 



HUNTING, which is the amusement of most of those 

 who pursue it, is a business with many. On the 

 borders of civilization, and in the midst of barba- 

 rous and half-civilized regions, are men whose sole 

 occupation is the chase ; and, with these men, it is 

 not only an occupation, but a delight. They live 

 on the flesh of those quadrupeds and birds which 

 are considered game, and they pursue with a fierce 

 pleasure those beasts of prey which are the terror 

 of the peaceful rustic, and the destroyers of his 

 flocks and herds. The adventures of these genuine 

 hunters are full of thrilling incidents and hair- 

 breadth escapes. They constitute the romance of 

 hunting. 



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