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cock later on in the season. A brace of 

 Irish setters, named Rake and Quail, were 

 sent on in a cart with the lunch to the 

 extreme point of our day's beat ; whilst 

 another brace, Darby and Moll, and a 

 grand, steady old retriever called Darkie, 

 accompanied us, to commence operations. 

 I must not omit to mention Mat, our game- 

 carrier, a most active fellow, brimming 

 over with the love of sport, which is so 

 characteristic of most Irishmen. 



We duly arrived on our ground, and Darby 

 and Moll were cast off ; both were fast and 

 fairly wide rangers, but perfectly staunch 



and reliable. B took the right, 



and I was on the left, Mat walking in 

 between us and working the dogs. First 



blood fell to B , who got a long shot 



at five birds which got up wild on his right 

 front without a point, and he nailed one. 

 About three hundred yards further, at the 



