196 REMINISCENCES OF A HUNTSMAN 



perfect sportsman, and when the crown requires it an able 

 minister. 



The late Lord Malmsbury kept a journal of his sporting 

 life, even to the quantity of powder and shot he used, the 

 things he killed each day, the time he was out, the distance 

 he walked, and the weather shooting after the approved 

 fashion of his day, not in battues, but without the stops to the 

 running game now so universally adopted. With Lord Malms- 

 bury's consent I have extracted from this journal the following 

 information : 



[FROM THE LATE LORD MALMSBURY's JOURNAL.] 



Grand summary of game and fowl shot on Heron Court manors and shooting 

 beats in thirty-nine seasons, from 1801 to 1840 inclusive. 



Black Game ..... 184 



Partridges 9,331 



Quails ... . 8 



Landrails . . . . . 118 



Pheasants 10,292 



Woodcocks . . 1,387 



Snipes ...... 5,375 



Wild Swans 11 



Wild Geese 22 



Ducks 2,885 



Widgeon 122 



Teal 1,371 



Other fowl 389 



Bitterns ..... 22 



Hares 9,494 



Rabbits .... 14,990 



Total . 56,001 



