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which adopted the above plan of proceeding, but 

 did not escape. I heard, I should think, forty or 

 fifty get up, but could not see them, owing to 

 the thickness of the underwood. I think I can 

 promise you the eggs of Golden Eagle, Merlin, 

 Peregrine, Chough, and Shoveller. I am afraid 

 I cannot accept your offer of the Hen Harrier, as 

 I am uncertain what my immediate destination 

 may be. I shall probably leave the regiment 

 and if possible go to America. . . .' 



To the same. 



' Magazine Guard, Devonport : April 23, 1855. 



' . . . The only living pet I have here besides 

 my retriever is a young half-bred wild boar, 

 which I bought at the Dublin Castle show. He 

 is striped longitudinally on the back with alter- 

 nate red and yellow, shy, and burying himself 

 in straw when tired or lazy. It may perhaps 

 interest you to know that the Buzzard in Corn- 

 wall is called a "Kit," and the Hen Harrier a 

 " Furze-kit " or Gull Hawk. Both are far from 

 uncommon, and the real Forky-tailed Kit is now 

 and then seen, and breeds in a large wood seven- 

 teen miles from here.' 



