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with pheasants, grouse, partridges and the rarer 

 among those winter visitors labelled " Various " 

 in the game-lists, for not all the specimens sent 

 him were for scientific purposes — their gustatory- 

 qualities were also frequently remembered by 

 his many sporting and covert-owning friends. 

 Naturally, he was the best carver of a fowl one 

 ever met, and it was a treat to see him neatly, 

 deftly and artistically cut up a well-cooked bird. 

 He was not a large eater, and it was very little 

 flesh-meat he consumed ; but whether he ate 

 little or none at home he alwa}^s carved " the 

 bird." 



