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hens on the further side of him. The rest wheeled 

 round and round high in the air, and again lit in 

 the same field. The keeper noted the spot, and 

 brought me up to it. Again an old male was my 

 aim; but getting the group better together, another 

 cock and two hens also fell to this discharge. 



Sir James's dog- cart was close at hand, so, 

 selecting two brightly-plumaged cocks and two 

 hens for my brother's collection and my own, I 

 left Dunglass and returned to Edinburgh by the 

 middle of the afternoon, much gratified with so 

 agreeable a day, and the possession of so long- 

 coveted a prize. 



