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lefs than ninety thoufand partridges and twenty- 
five thoufand hares in the courfe of one Winter; 
which, confidering the quantity of venifon, 
geefe, ducks, tc. enumerated in his account, 
that were killed that year, makes the number fo 
great, that it is fcarcely poflible to conceive what 
eighty men could do with them ; for on calcula- 
tion, ninety thoufand partridges pete twenty-five 
thoufand hares divided by eighty, amounts to no 
lefs than one thoufand one hundred and twenty- 
five partridges, and three hundred and twelve 
hares per man. ‘his is by far too great a 
quantity, particularly when it is confidered that 
neither partridges nor hares are in feafon, or can 
be procured in any numbers, more than feven 
months in the year. Forty thoufand partridges - 
and five thoufand hares would, I think, be much 
nearer the truth, and will be found, on calculati- 
on, to be ample provifion for eighty men for fe- 
ven months, exclufive of any change. The 
common weight of thofe birds is from eighteen 
to twenty- -two ounces when firft killed; there 
are fome few that are nearly that weptle when 
fit for the {pit, but they are fo fcarce as by no 
means to ferve as a flandard; and as they always 
hord with the common fize, there is no room to 
fufpe@ them of another fpecies. As all thofe 
over-grown partridges are notorioufly known 
to be males, it is more than probable that they 
are imperfeét, and grow large and fat like capons; 
and every one that has had an opportunity of 
tafting 
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