206 GUN, RIFLE, AND HOUND. 



was getting on now, and we shot our way down to 

 the stream, by a ford of which the dog-cart was 

 waiting, and laid out our bag. This was the total- 

 four and a half brace black game, eight brace partridges, 

 one couple wild duck, five rabbits, and a hare ; total, 

 thirty-three head, a result with which we were more 

 than pleased. The black game especially gave an 

 unusual variety to the bag, and altogether I hope to 

 be able some day to try that ground again on the same 

 anniversary. 



