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PREFACE.
The material of which this book is largely composed is from notes and manuscripts which Mr. Prouty had been preparing during the last few years of his life, suggested by his experience in camp-life and active business pursuits, with the intention of presenting them to the public when the proper occasion should come. Hence, in the compilation, the book is not expected to be so complete as it would have been could he have lived long enough to have had the arrangement himself, and have added more of his own practical experience and suggestions.
Mr. Prouty was born in Boston in 1839, removed to Dorchester in 1841, and, passing through the Grammar School, graduated at Chauncy Hall School, in Boston.
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