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1858 and 1859, 314 and 352 brace respec- 

 tively were killed by eight guns walking 

 in line at Buckenham in Norfolk, the 

 shooters all using muzzle-loaders. 



Ten years later, still walking in line, 

 8385 and 3308 partridges were the totals 

 of two successive years at Holkham, 

 which twenty years later again, in 1885 

 and 1887, were increased to 8100 and 

 7512, driving by then being firmly estab- 

 lished. 



Shooting at Elveden on September 8, 

 1876, the Maharajah Dhuleep Singh killed 

 780 partridges to his own gun, a record 

 which seems likely to stand the test of 

 time. 



In the world of driving, Lord Ash- 

 burton with five other guns killed 1458 

 partridges on November 4, 1897, at the 

 Grange in Hampshire ; the Duke of 

 Portland 1478 partridges in one day at 

 Welbeck Abbey in Notts in 1906, his 

 neighbour, Mr. W. Hollins, killing 1500 

 partridges one day the same year ; while 

 at Holkham in 1905, a total of 1671 



