PREFACE 
For many years past from time to time I have 
contributed articles on sport and natural history 
to various journals. 
It was recently suggested to me that I should 
publish these articles in book form, and I was 
fortunate enough to have friends who kindly 
offered to illustrate them. I have accordingly 
selected some of these articles, and have included 
others which have never been published before. 
Amongst the former are some which in the same 
or a slightly altered form have appeared in The 
Field, Country Life, The Scottish Field, The 
Salmon and Trout Magazine, and The Saturday 
Westminster Gazette. To the editors of these 
journals I tender my warmest thanks for their 
courtesy and kindness in allowing me to republish 
the articles in question. To my fi'iends, ^Nlr. 
Finlav Mackinnon, Mr. Vincent Balfour-Browne, 
