CHAP. THIRTY-SIX A MIXED BAG 



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HE list of game k 

 2 1 St of October, 

 to have been as fo 

 Grouse 



Partridge 

 Woodcock 

 Pheasant 

 Wild duck 

 Snipe . 

 Teal . 

 Curlew 

 Plover . 

 Jacksnipe 

 Hare . 

 Rabbit 



lied by my own gun on the 



appears in my game-book 



ows: 



6 



I 

 I 

 I 



4 

 I 



3 

 4 

 2 



5 

 2 



Though the number of animals in this list may not seem 

 great to many of my sporting friends in England and Scot- 

 land, a prettier variety of game could scarcely be killed by 

 one gun in any single locality, and the whole of them were 

 shot during a few hours' walk, and in a most stormy and 

 windy day. I had promised to send a hamper of game to 

 a friend in Edinburgh, and knowing that he would prize it 

 more if I could make up a variety than if I sent him double 

 the quantity of any one kind, I determined to hunt a wild 

 part of my shooting-ground, where I should have a chance 

 of finding ducks, snipes, etc. 



I started after breakfast with a single pointer, and my 

 everlasting companion, an old retriever. As the steam-boat 

 for Edinburgh started the next day, I was obliged, though 

 the wind blew nearly a hurricane, to make the best of it, 

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