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Grand total kitted by the late Lord Malmsbury, in forty seasons, to his own 

 gun, from 1798 to 1840. 



Black Game ..... 81 



Partridges ..... 10,744 



Quails ..... 50 



Sandrails ..... 95 



Pheasants . . . . . 6,320 



Woodcocks ..... 1,080 



Snipes ..... 4,694 



Wild Swans ..... 3 



Wild Geese 8 



Other fowl 2,756 



Bitterns ..... 10 



Golden Plover .... 6 



Hares ...... 5,211 



Rabbits . . . . . 7,417 



Total 38,475 



Summary of shots kitted and missed in forty seasons, ending 1840. 



Shots . . ... : . . . 54,987 



Killed 38,221 



Missed 16,766 



Days out ... . 3,645 



Allowing the distance walked at two miles and a half per 

 hour, according to the noble journalist's account, he would have 

 covered a distance of 36,200 miles, or very nearly once and a 

 half of the circumference of the globe ; and during that time 

 he was never confined to his bed one day by sickness or acci- 

 dent firing away about 750 pounds' weight of powder, and 

 four tons of shot. 



The crowning day of the Heron Court wild-fowl shooting, 

 however, was destined to be deferred till the 31st January 1853, 

 when the present Lords Malmsbury and Anson, accompanied 

 by Mr. George Bentinck, took the beat on the Moors River ; 

 Lord Anson and Mr. Bentinck were posted, and Lord Malms- 

 bury drove the water. It was three hours before he reached 



