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of the fall. The best day Miles Johnson and I 

 had that time was in one of the great pastures 

 1 have alluded to above. It contained from 

 five to ten thousand acres. We went into it 

 early in the morning, and came out about eleven 

 o'clock in the forenoon with eighty full-grown 

 grouse. That was a capital morning's sport, no 

 doubt, but I have often had as good. 



While we were at the camp near Bellflower we 

 were visited by Johnson's friend, Mr, Eldridge 

 of New Jersey. With him came Dr. Goodbreak of 

 Clinton, Illinois. The doctor is an army surgeon, 

 and an ardent and excellent sportsman. They shot 

 with us two days, using muzzle-loaders; but when 

 Dr. Goodbreak had seen the execution I did with 

 my breech-loader, sometimes getting two or three 

 nice shots while one was loading, and often killing 

 a long way off, he was satisfied as to which was 

 the best style of gun, and sent an order for a 

 breech-loader to cost three hundred and fifty dollars. 

 After being there ten days Miles Johnson left for 

 home. I remained at the camp, and in a while 

 A. Leslie and H. Robinson of Elkhart came up 

 and shot with me. It was then getting late in 

 the fall, and we had excellent success. The grouse 

 were wild and very fast on the wing. They were 



