

r RE FACE, 



It had long been my intention to give an account 

 of those forest animals with whose habits I was 

 familiar, and which to- the greater nmnber of my 

 countrymen would probably be less intimately 

 known. The plan was matured, but its execution 

 deferred till 1859, when "Black Cock" shooting 

 in Bohemia gave the impulse to begin. The pa- 

 pers were called "Chapters on Natural History;" 

 but as I feared such title might lead some to look 

 for more than it was my mtention to offer, this was 

 changed for another of less pretension, and which, 

 it is hoped, may raise no greater expectations than 

 will afterwards be reahsed. 



I wish it to be understood that the book is 



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