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and in one and twenty acre breck of Swedes, he 

 bagged thirty-five and a half brace of birds. He 

 concluded his day's sport soon after six in the even- 

 ing, and had then bagged eighty-eight brace of birds, 

 and five pheasants ; but a dispute having arisen 

 among the umpires about one bird, Colonel Dixon 

 gave the point up, and the number was ultimately 

 declared to be eighty-seven and a half brace of birds 

 bagged ; pheasants and other game not counted in 

 the match ; so that Mr W. Coke's number of birds 

 bagged in the two days shooting, stands 173 brace. 

 He had much fewer shots in the second than in the 

 first day, but he shot better, as will be seen from the 

 comparative number of birds bagged. On Saturday 

 he bagged 180 birds from 327 shots, which was con- 

 sidered good shooting in a match of this nature, 

 when a chance, however desperate it may appear, is 

 not to be thrown away. His uncle, T. W. Coke, 

 Esq. loaded a great part of the gun on Saturday, 

 and as a finale to the day's sport, shot at and killed 

 the last bird, which his nephew had previously missed 

 Lady Ann Coke was in the field a great part of the 

 day ; her ladyship carried refreshments for the sports- 

 men in her pony gig. Lord Kennedy chose for the 

 scene of his exploits Montreith, in Scotland, a manor 

 belonging to Sir William Maxwell, considered equal 

 to any lands in Scotland for rearing partridges. On 

 the first day of trial his lordship bagged fifty, and on 

 the second, eighty-two brace, being in all 132 brace 

 of partridges in two days." 



