PURTLE SANDPIPER. 



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In reference to tlie subject below, forming the final vig- 

 nette of this volume, I may explain that in the month of 

 November 1830, Sir Francis Chantrey, when shooting at 

 Holkham, killed two Woodcocks at one shot. To record 

 this event, Sir Francis Chantrey sculptured two Woodcocks 

 on a marble tablet, which he presented to Mr. Coke, now 

 Earl of Leicester. Sir Francis has since kindly given to me 

 the drawing on wood, which is here engraved. The occur- 

 rence, from its singularity, has been the subject of many 

 epigrams and complimentary verses. The following couplet 

 was written by Hudson Gurney, Esq. 



Driven from northern climes that would have starv'd them, 

 Chantrey first shot, and then he carv'd them. 



