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never go a yard." Among the prairie-grouse, how- 

 ever, Berkeley found his setter very useful, whilst his 

 retrievers were invaluable in recovering wild-fowl on 

 the lakes. But this kind of shooting was reckoned mere 

 pastime the serious business of the tour was the 

 slaughter of bison. American sportsmen followed the 

 movements of the English hunter with great interest, 

 and the Press kept the public posted in his progress. 

 Here, for example, is a paragraph from the New York 

 Spirit of the Times recording Mr. Berkeley's movements 

 in the Far West : 



" HON. GRANTLEY F. BERKELEY. From the Evening 

 Post we learn that this gentleman has lately been in 

 Kansas City busily engaged making peparations for his 

 proposed hunt for buffalo, elk, and antelope upon our 

 great western plains. On the 23rd September he had his 

 arrangements nearly perfected, and he was about going 

 to camp. He has secured the services of Mr. John 

 Cantrell, who will go out in the capacity of general 

 superintendent of the expedition. Nine men are em- 

 ployed, and his travelling outfit consists of four horses and 

 one pony, four saddle animals, six mules, one provision 

 waggon, a private carriage, and a waggon for his five 

 dogs. The party will take the Santa Fe road to 

 Walnut Creek, near the ranch of Mr. George Peacock, 

 where they will bear away to the plains, hunting as far 

 north as the Platte, and then home by the Kaw valley. 

 The hunt will last probably about two months. They 

 are well supplied with firearms of both English and 

 American make. We congratulate Mr. Berkeley (who 

 represents the London Field in this great expedition), 



