BIRDS IN A VILLAGE 35 



great social charm, great promise. He was out 

 shooting swallows with a friend who, firing at 

 a passing swallow, had the misfortune to shoot 

 and kill him. 



At the present time when gentlemen practise 

 a little at flying birds, to get their hand in before 

 the first of September, they shoot sparrows as a 

 rule, or if they shoot swallows, which afford them 

 better practice, they do not say anything about it. 



