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proprietor of which, Mr. Timothy Galvin, rented, 

 principally from the Marquis of Lansdowne, about 

 63,000 acres of bog and mountain rough shooting; 

 some of which was very good for Snipe and 

 Woodcock — a sport I am passionately fond of. 

 Given a couple of good Irish setters, an energetic 

 ghillie who is naturally as fond of sport as his 

 master, and thoroughly acquainted with all the 

 places where good bags are likely to be made, I 

 think that Snipe and Woodcock shooting under 

 such conditions requires some beating. 



Well, I had those essential requisites at Water- 

 ville — two good Irish setters of my own, Jock and 

 Paddy, and John Sullivan, as my ghillie. Now, in 

 regard to John Sullivan, who accompanied me on 

 many a sporting expedition, I have nothing but the 

 warmest admiration for his many inestimable 

 qualities as a first-class sportsman in every sense of 

 that word. I have been with a good many ghillies 

 since my retirement from the Service, and I can 

 honestly say that, go where you may, either in Scot- 

 land or Ireland, you won't beat John Sullivan, of 

 " Beenbane," Waterville. His knowledge of the 

 most likely ground on this very extensive shooting 

 was most marvellous, and his memory just as good 

 in regard to exact localities where good bags of 

 Snipe and Woodcock had been made in previous 

 years by different sportsmen. He had an eye like 

 a Hawk, and if your bird, whether Snipe or Wood- 

 cock, happened to get wounded and fly away to a 

 considerable distance, John would hardly ever fail to 



