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INTRODUCTION. 



representative types of the two classes, that the 

 labors of sportsmen are chiefly directed. Many of 

 the methods therein described will be found appli- 

 cable to the taking of the other varieties ; but 

 where the different habits of the other varieties 

 occasion different plans of operation, they are 

 elsewhere duly and explicitly explained. 



The various concurrent subjects of guns, boats^ 

 decoys, etc., have been briefly yet compre- 

 hensively discussed under their proper headings. 



