no SPORT. 



visions of black beetles and crawling reptiles, who 

 once was heard to say, as he pushed back his 

 chair after a breakfast consisting of a peach, a 

 bottle of champagne, and a glass of brandy, " There, 

 I haven't eaten a heartier breakfast than that for 

 a long time," had been shooting at a neighbour's 

 of a host of mine, who recounted this story of his 

 doings. This young man while out shooting, and 

 being, as he himself described it, '* awfully jumpy " 

 that morning, happened to be about thirty yards 

 from a hollow lane along which a beater was pro- 

 ceeding carrying three or four hares on his back. 

 They wobbled about as he walked, and the jumpy 

 youth, catching sight of their movements just above 

 the fence, instantly fired a snap shot, with the 

 effect of putting several pellets into the unhappy 

 beater's back. Fortunately, however, such deplor- 

 able examples are rare. 



The "jealous shot" above alluded to, is, even 

 if he be not a plasterer, an objectionable character, 

 whether you meet him at such a party as I have 



