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Mr. Cobb some years ago, and which have since 

 gone wild ; having a few hours to spare, we 

 went in search of them. 



Starting across country we came to a lake 

 swarming with duck and teal, and a few geese. 

 A volley soon scattered them, when the sport 

 began. There was another small lake not far 

 off, and the birds kept flying from one to the 

 other, giving us the most splendid shots. Elton 

 stood at one place, I at the other. After some 

 twenty minutes' shooting we gathered up the 

 slain, amounting to twenty brace of teal, besides 

 several ducks, and a few geese. We now went 

 after the sheep, a flock having been spied some 

 way off; so, joining Cobb and Packe, we pro- 

 ceeded to stalk them, having first changed our 

 cartridges to ball. The sheep saw us approach- 

 ing, and bolted at once, but stopped to feed in 

 a valley some distance off ; so we made a long 

 detour to circumvent them. Favoured by the 

 ground, we had no difficulty in getting to within 

 200 yards of them, but could not approach 

 nearer without being seen ; however, by crawl- 



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