BIRDS SHOT BY THE REV. FRANCIS GISBORNE. 



8 Sparrows. 



4 Pais., 2 Crows sitting, a. o. s. 



3 Par. 



1 Par. 



2 Snpes. 'flying at one shot when two only, I do., 



7 Pars., with Mr. Richard Slater."' 



Nov. 10. 3 Hares, 2 W. C's. 



12. 3 W. C's., I Par. 



i6th. 2 W. C's., I Par., 2 J. Snpes. 

 21. I Teal in company with Mr. Prime,*''' i Hare. 



Deer. 8. I Squirrel, 2 Snpes., I Wat. Rail. 



9th. 2 Snpes., I Wh. Owl. 

 loth. I W. C, I Par., 2 J. Snpes., I Fid. Fare. 

 2ist. i|Wd. pecker ; also one Fid. Fare the latter end of 

 December. 

 1764. July 25th. 2 Moor Game Poots,"^' i Tor or Ring 

 Ouzel. 

 31st. I Wild Duck, I Wild D. found which I shot before, 

 I Fern Owl. 

 Sept. 1st. 4 Pars., 2 of em. a. o. s. 

 4th. 3 Pars. 

 7th. 6 Pars., 2 of em a. o.s. N.B. — A Pike at Pebbly <"' 



about 4 lbs. 

 loth. 9 Par., I Hre. 

 25th. I Par. 

 Nov. I Snpe. 



''7' Of Mr. Richard Slater I can find no record in the parish registers. 

 Later on we come across Mr. Adam Slater, who was evidently a local doctor 

 or apothecary. Possibly Richard was his father. Mr. Prime was one of the 

 churchwardens. His name figures in the wardens' accounts about this time. 



l'8> A day, no doubt, upon The Moors. What are Foots ? (Probably inten- 

 ded for ' Coots.') 



(19) Pebbly. — Pebbly Dam, in the immediate neighbourhood. A favourite 

 resort of anglers. Mr. Gisborne was an ardent disciple of Walton. Tradition 

 says that it was very frequently bis custom of a morning to make his way to 

 the Rother, which runs through Staveley, land successfully one of the large 

 chub with which its deeps then abuunded, and then contentedly return home. 

 An (lid inhabitant of Staveley has just sent me the folIov\ing anecdote: — 

 " Pebbly Dam, about four miles disiant, was frequently visited by the Rector in 

 company with Mr. Sales, the Parish Clerk. On one occasion an early start 

 was made, and the fascinating sport commenced. All on a sudden Mr. 

 Gisborne remembered that it was Wednesday morning, the one morning in the 

 week on which morning prayers were read in church. There was nothing for 

 it but to return, and the journey was made, the duty accomplislied, and was 

 followed by a most successful day's sport." I have a note of a large Pike 

 caught in Pebbly in 1887, by a person of the name of Gothard of Masboro', 

 weighing 28 lbs. 



