48 LEAVES FEOM A GAME BOOK. 



previously, had been tlie winner of the " Waterloo Cup " 

 for two years in succession, when on the occasion of her 

 first victory she was owned and trained by Mr. Gittus. 



On the 16tli of September we shot over Mr. Godfrey's 

 property at Kennett, a crack shot in the shape of Mr. 

 E. Fryer making up the party, and better practice than 

 he made it has rarely been my lot to witness, for in 

 spite of the day being oppressively close and sultry, we 

 nevertheless took home 220 head, made up of 183 birds, 

 forty hares, and two wood pigeons. In the evening 

 the village of Mildenhall was very gay, the sporting 

 inhabitants making somewhat noisy demonstrations of 

 joy on learning that the Newmarket horse, " Kobert the 

 Devil," had won the " Leger " that day. 



On the l7th we were a party of five guns on the 

 Heath beat of the Kennett estate, for Mr. Fryer, 

 accompanied by General Wilkinson, joined us ; the day 

 resulting in a bag of 170 partridges, twenty-five hares, 

 five rabbits, and two pigeons, or 202 head. As the 

 18th was wet and thundery, we did not take the field 

 till well after 11 o'clock, our party being reinforced by 



