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reddish-brown marten-cat, or pine-marten, 

 trapped by chance thirty years ago, is in 

 one case, the very last of the pine-martens, 

 once hunted. This creature, extinct in 

 Southern England, may often be seen in 

 museums, brought perhaps from abroad ; 

 but it is rare to find one that was actually 

 trapped as this one was by a living person. 

 There is, too, a polecat, o fitch, with ferret- 

 like head, and an otter beneath ; a black 

 harrier, marsh harriers, an osprey, shot at 

 the trout ponds, heath-poult, a long-eared 

 owl, and many others. A kite was shot 

 lately ; his wings outstretched were almost 

 as wide as a man's arms held open. 



On the top of a bird-case is a powder- 

 flask, and by it pipes in a stand ; on the 

 great black central table lies a gun there 

 are fourteen guns about somewhere, but 

 these are not enough for such a sportsman, 

 and negotiations are proceeding for the pur- 



