Excerpt from The Complete Wildfowler It will be as well to give some indication of the respective parts taken by the collaborators in the production of this work. It has fallen to me to be the general editor. It has been a labour of love and a strange relief from the continuous production of fiction. The book, however, owes its real value undoubtedly to the work in it of Mr. Stanley Duncan, the chief organiser and honorary secretary of the Wildfowlers' Association, and a sportsman whose name is as well known to all fowlers as his genial personality and remarkable excellence with the gun is known to a certain section of them. I myself have written the introductory parts and the chapters deal ing with guns and ammunition, The Complete gun-room, etc. Etc, The important branch of shore shooting and the chapters on punt-gunning have been written by Mr. Stanley Duncan, though edited by me. The illustrations and diagrams are also the work of Mr. Stanley Duncan. The ornithological part is a joint production, with the aid of many of the leading authorities upon the subject. I have here to say, and I say it with some complacency, that the chapter upon shoulder guns was submitted to Mr. W. W. Greener himself; one or two suggestions he made I very gladly incorporated. But I wish not only to thank him, but to flatter myself when I say that he approved of what was written. With such an imprimatur - that of the supreme expert upon guns in the whole world - I leave this part of the book to my readers with confidence. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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Excerpt from The Wild-Fowler: A Treatise on Ancient and Modern Wild-Fowling, Historical and Practical Only a year and half has yet elapsed since I had the honour of being enrolled among the juris consulti of the realm; and whilst waiting for briefs, I have devoted by far the larger portion of my time to the study of the law; whilst a small part only, by way of remunerative recreation, has been turned to literary pursuits. The result of the latter has been, the production of the present volume. I have not been guilty of Writing a book of fiction, but of facts gathered from the experiences of early life: and having done so, and placed them in the hands of the public, I would throw the gauntlet to the man who asserts that I have done anything derogatory to myself or my profession. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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