PBEFACE. 



Washington, Mr. George Bird Grinnell, late of the Pea- 

 body Museum at Yale College, Dr. G. A. StockweU, and 

 Mr. C. B. Keynolds, have all lent material assistance. 



I am also much indebted to Mr. DaVid W. Judd, 

 for many of the suggestions which help to make the new 

 reyision attractive. He has entered into the spirit of the 

 work with even more enthusiasm than myself. In the 

 part devoted to game, he has added some field notes and 

 impressions from his own varied hunting experiences. 

 The Publishing House, of which he is the head, is already 

 foremost in issuing and supplying all manner of books 

 required by sportsmen and others, whose life and happi- 

 ness are stimulated by open-air employment. 



"With regard to the Guide to Game Eesorts, I am aware 

 that lapse of time is constantly opening new lines of com- 

 munication, and changing the character of some of the 

 localities which I have designated ; therefore, it is neces- 

 sarily defective. Yet, it is morally certain that no Guide 

 can remain absolutely complete and perfectly reliable for 

 any length of time in a country whose changes are so 

 rapid and radical as those of our own. 



Upon the whole, I am willing to let the work stand on 

 its merits, though conscious that its extended scope 

 renders it liable to defects, and therefore the more vulner- 

 able to criticism. May all the brotherhood read it with 

 pleasure and profit, so that health and long life may re- 

 sult therefrom, and be transmitted from generation to 

 generation of all those who love sport, and do not abuse it. 



I am, fraternally yours, 



CHARLES HALLOCK. 

 July, 1883. 



