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the driving approaches, when close at hand 

 becomes deafening. Any small game that may 

 appear is shot only when the drive is near its 

 end. Then the firing is tremendous, shots cross- 

 ing in every direction, the noise of which, in 

 conjunction with the shouting of the hunters, 

 gives one the idea of a fierce battle. 



With His Majesty I once took part in one, 

 and it seemed as if we, instead of taking part in 

 a simple hunt, were the victims of a tremendous 

 attack. And yet these hundreds of men that 

 surrounded us, while shooting, some in the direc- 

 tion of our feet, others almost at our heads, and 

 trying to kill foxes, rabbits, or partridges, all 

 shouted enthusiastically, " Long live our King ! " 

 Viva o nosso Rei ! l 



The Count's remarks on the Portuguese 

 dogs seem also to merit reproduction. 



In unenclosed lands, partridges are shot over 

 greyhounds, of which there is a very good breed 

 in Portugal. More than once I have been out 

 shooting with a priest living near the house of 

 Pindella. He had a dog which he had taught 

 to tell by the movement of its muzzle the exact 

 number of partridges that it saw before it. A 

 splendid dog ! 



On the fertile plains of Austria and 

 Hungary, where vast expanses of millet 



1 Sport in Europe, 1901. 



