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PARTRIDGES 



useless ; they will not lay themselves and chase the young 

 pairs away. I knew a 7-acre piece of Kidney Vetch 

 which was haunted by 9 pairs of young partridges in the 

 middle of April, evidently going to nest there ; then 

 appeared one old pair and drove the lot away. 



PARTRIDGE BAGS 



NOTE 



In Nov. and Dec. 1899 turned down 500 brace of Hungarians, 



1900 450 



1901 400 



1902 300 



SWAFFHAM PRIOR, CAMBRIDGE 

 (Notes by G. TOSETTI, Esq.) 



My shooting extends over about 3000 acres, of which 

 2000 acres form my real partridge ground, with soil of a 

 light nature, partly white land, partly red. The remain- 

 ing 1000 acres are mostly fen-land, which is not used for 

 regular driving. The high land, which borders with 



