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filmy hackles which have helped you to 

 many a fat grayling, and you will love him 

 all the more. Even if you are nothing but 

 an epicure, venter et prceterea nihil, you 

 cannot but admire the fair setting of the 

 dainty morsel which the everlasting moor- 

 lands have given you, and you must confess 

 that he is worth more than a glance before 

 you send him off to the cook. He will 

 taste all the better on his savoury plinth of 

 brown toast because you have seen the russet 

 symphony that once clothed his plump and 

 tender form. 



Another attraction he has is the extreme 

 difficulty of shooting him. No man need 

 ever sigh for worlds to conquer with his 

 gun. As long as he lives he will never 

 be complete master of the situation when 

 snipe are on the wing. He may kill his 

 four out of five one day, but it is a red- 

 letter day, and he had better make the most 

 of it. The memory of it alone may remain 

 to sustain him through many succeeding oc- 

 casions when Gallinago will get up shouting 



