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consequently not so inaccessible as some of the more 

 northern shooting-boxes ; and though our house had no 

 pretensions to external beauty, its solid walls contained 

 a most comfortable interior. 



These shootings extended over an area of some 12,000 

 acres, of which 6,000 was moor, the remainder being bog, 

 grass, and farmed land. The rent was then £600, and 

 as in those days the G-round Game Act was not in 

 existence, both brown hares and rabbits were plentiful, 

 for of the former we got upwards of a thousand in the 

 season. 



During my first stay at Carim of three weeks the 

 total bag was — 



1,123 grouse. 



29 black-cocks. 



28 partridges. 

 279 snipe. 



23 ducks. 

 315 hares. 

 732 rabbits. 



11 various. 



Or a total of 2,540 head. As it was a bad partridge 



