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year, we gave them a jubilee ; but in any fairly good 

 season from three to four hundred brace could be got. 

 The snipe marsh was then a great feature of this ground, 

 and passengers by the trains going north will find their 

 route runs on the eastern edge of it, while passing 

 between the stations of Greenloaning and Blackford. 

 Here in those days the snipe bred freely, and as many 

 as forty-five couple have been got on it by one gun in 

 a single day. 



On the 11th of August we were all to have met at 

 Carim Lodge, but at the last minute a wire came from 

 Baird saying he could not be with us till a few days 

 later ; therefore we agreed to keep the best grouse beat 

 for his start, while we worked the rest of the moor 

 in the meantime. It was the 17th before our missing 

 partner turned up, and the following day we were all 

 delighted when he returned home with one hundred and 

 twelve brace to his own gun. This fine bag, together 

 with a rather clever performance on the part of a 

 retriever of Barry's, was the only noteworthy event 

 occurring during our happy time at Carim. 



