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across, backwards and forwards. We soon 

 discovered that Mike's information had been 

 reliable, for snipe were getting up all round 

 us every fifty or sixty yards we walked, and 

 as we were both shooting fairly straight, 

 though " G.," as usual, the better of the two, 

 our bag increased steadily ; and when we 

 stopped to have a "snack" and a pipe we 

 found we had, including those killed on the 

 small bog, eleven and a half couple of full 

 snipe, and one couple of jacks. 



Towards the higher end of the bog there 

 was a pond or big bog-hole partially sur- 

 rounded by a fringe of rushes, which was 

 a favourite place for teal, and now and then 

 a mallard. " G." suggested it would be a 

 good thing to let Christy take up " Sally," 

 and that we should stalk the pool, one gun on 

 either side of it. This we proceeded to do, 

 and were well rewarded, for a bunch of teal 

 sprung, and we nailed four out of the seven 



