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completed my collection of Goosanders, and I 

 considered myself lucky to have secured four old 

 males in the rare plumage of eclipse. The old male 

 Golden-eyes in eclipse gave me almost as much 

 trouble to secure. But at last I found a point at 

 the corner of " Henderson's " where they occasionally 

 " broke " for the sea lake and crossed a narrow 

 piece of land. Here I secured two old males by 

 long shots, whilst my friend, Mr. Leaf, shot another 

 as it passed his boat whilst engaged in driving the 

 birds. 



Our work on matters I need not discuss occupied 

 a good part of our time, but occasionally we were 

 able to take a day at the ripa, which were here 

 more abundant than in any place in Norway. We 

 had four setters, all very moderate but useful, and 

 with these we worked the hillsides and birch woods 

 which clothed the lower slopes of the mountains. 

 Sometimes we found the birds numerous and at 

 others " patchy," but some excellent days yielded 

 bags of twenty to thirty brace. On one occasion 

 when a number of birds were driven up into a 

 wooded corrie we sent the men round and had a 

 little drive, which yielded ten brace, but it was very 

 difficult to recover dead birds, owing to the mass 

 of rocks and thick undergrowth. On two occasions 

 I shot twenty-three and twenty-five brace, and 

 enjoyed the shooting even more than grouse in 

 Scotland, as one has to shoot quickly and straight 

 to ensure success, the birds often being out of view 

 almost as soon as they rise. The great charm of 

 Lango shooting and fishing was its variety. One 

 could always go out for a short time and be sure 

 of some excellent sport with rod or gun within an 



