5d DESCRIPTION OF A DAy's 



five or thirty spaniels, we used to return laden 

 with the spoil. Occasionally, parties of four or 

 six would have a quiet day together ; but it was 

 found that the large parties were best adapted to 

 the large covers, and, under proper regulations, 

 the surest method of obtaining a well-filled bag. 

 I will first describe a large party and its day's 

 adventures, and afterwards one of the smaller 

 ones. The proceedings of the one are so entirely 

 distinct from those of the other, that I may safely 

 venture upon doing this, without incurring any 

 risk of an uninteresting repetition. 



A great many yachts of various sizes are kept 

 by officers quartered at Corfu, and for a regular 

 large party, several of these were put in requisi- 

 tion; besides which, the man-of-war at the station, 

 when the captain chanced to be one fond of such 

 sport, was got under weigh, and with the yachts 

 proceeded over-night to one of the bays on the 

 opposite coast. By the time the vessels were 

 anchored, and those on board had had a substan- 

 tial early breakfast, the dogs used to arrive in a 

 six-oared boat, which had left Corfu early that 

 morning, and away would start, in high spirits, 

 a party of perhaps fifteen guns, thirty dogs, two 



