vi PREFACE 
myself and my adventures must be my apology for 
many ‘I’s.’ 
To a few, I hope, it will bring a whiff of woods 
and fields, a remembrance of rain-drops on autumn 
leaves, and, maybe, a vision of many a sporting day 
spent in the company of those excellent fellows, my 
brother keepers. 
O. J. 
September, 1909. 
