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had 842 birds, shooting in two batteries for twelve hours ; 

 twenty drivers were employed, in two parties of ten each, for 

 sixteen drives, the guns used being a pair of breechloaders 

 and a pair of muzzle loaders ; on the same moor in 1864 

 the largest bag was 85 birds over dogs. On 30th August 1888, 

 his lordship killed 1,070 birds in twenty drives, using four 

 breech loaders, and having two men loading.* On Mr. R. 



* First drive commenced at 5-12 a.m. 



No. of Birds to each Drive. No. of Minutes in each Driv*. 



49 33 



64 38 



59 16 



79 18 



71 24 



58 18 



56 19 



53 20 



42 20 



61 16 



16 17 



21 30 



32 25 



91 21 



39 28 



93 21 



52 20 



33 24 



23 21 



30 20 



Walking home . . 14 Concluding 7-30 p.m. 



1036 



Picked up . . . . 22 



12 



1070 



From first shot to last, I4hrs. i8min. No. of cartridges fired, about 

 1,550, including 40 signal shots. 



Deducting the 14 killed walking home, and adding 22 + 12 picked up, 

 the result is 1,056 killed in 449 minutes, or 2 J per minute in the actual 

 time occupied in shooting in the 20 drives. Once three birds were 

 killed at one shot, the only three in sight at the time, and thrice tw;o 

 birds were killed at one shot, each time intentionally. 



