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H.M. THE LATE KING OUT DUCK-SHOO ITNG 



SPAIN 



By the duke OF FRIAS 



THAT our country might, with some spirited attempt at proper 

 legislation, be made one of the finest sporting countries of 

 Southern Europe, English readers have surely been convinced by 

 the authors of that admirable work, Wild Spain, or, as they also 

 call it, Espana agreste. When our legislators realise, as they may 

 one of these days, that the game of a country deserves protection 

 as a source of wealth, it may be doubted whether any other 



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