PREFACE. VU 



the account cannot but bear with it a freshness to 

 make it generally palateable. 



In conclusion, I can fairly assert, that I have seen so 

 much of the Forests of France and their four-footed 

 denizens, as to make me think that in France 

 the chase with hounds might be maintained in the 

 highest possible perfection of sport, and that nothing 

 is wanted there but English means and method. In 

 MS. now in my possession, I have perfected a com- 

 plete definition of the course which the French 

 sportsmen should pursue in getting together ser- 

 vants, hunters, and hounds, with every needful 

 instruction regarding the chase of the wolf, boar, 

 stag, deer, fox, and otter. It is my intention to 

 submit the work thus alluded to, to the acceptation 

 of the trade in Paris; for, with their country and 

 their beasts of chase, I am indeed sorry to see my 

 kind and hospitable friends, as well as the generality 

 of gentlemen and sportsmen in France, so lamentably 

 deficient in everything relating to the kennel. 



