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thing to say is, " Behold, it is within ! " It is 

 bare justice to the governor to add that he 

 gave his courtiers no encouragement. At short 

 ranges he was a very good rifle shot, and a visit 

 nearly always ended in a contest at a suspended 

 melon or egg. I should like to have spoken of 

 his gardens and his entertainments, but space 

 forbids, and these things, after all, have little 

 to do with sport. 



