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OLD RECOLLECTIONS 



THE shooting garb the outfit generally 

 which was given in the beautiful picture lately 

 published in Black and White of " Chan trey's 

 Famous Shot," was that worn in my boyhood's 

 days. I remember, indeed, being in the same 

 rig-out myself ; tortured by high-standing shirt 

 collars, which were starched into a ferocious 

 stiffness. A man could not hang his head, 

 with such supports to his cheeks, if he tried 

 to. Yet they burned straight powder in 

 those days ! 



Our uplands, the corn and root fields, as well 

 as the grazing flats of our North Kent marsh- 

 lands, fairly teemed with hares, partridges, and 

 fowl. Rabbits were hunted as if they were 

 tigers ; that was on account of the serious 

 harm they did by burrowing into and injuring 

 our dyke banks. Yet, in spite of their abun- 

 dance, the gcime was as free from shot or 



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