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these two birds were the last of the species ever seen on 

 Salisbury Plain. Be that as it may, it is not everyone 

 who has a shoot bordering on Stonehenge ; so perhaps 

 some more inventive brain than mine may be able to 

 devise other methods of getting rid of a dangerous shot 

 and yet withal pleasing him greatly ! 



With regard to the great bustard, I learn from my 

 friend Mr. Henry Thomhill that the last one seen on 

 the East Coast of England was trapped at Caversham, 

 in Suffolk, on the property of Mr. H. S. Waddington, 

 and was afterwards sold at the Riddlesworth sale for 

 forty-eight guineas. 



