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before lunch, so after washing and being examined by 

 all the party, in which they were assisted by an old 

 shepherd's wife, who was anxious I should undress and 

 show her there were no other wounds, I stayed out 

 for the remainder of the day. The whole baker's dozen 

 of shot are still carried about with me, for those pellets 

 that struck fleshy parts buried themselves, and those that 

 hit on bone or muscle are so firmly fixed that I have 

 never had them removed. During the eight days of sport 

 at Invermark, the bag was 10 stags, 350 grouse, with 236 

 rabbits and some sundries ; and when I left on the 23rd 

 of September, 1840 brace of grouse and 40 stags had 

 been killed that season. 



From here I went on to visit Brydges Willyams at 

 Park House, on the Dee — a charming place, with an 

 ideal stretch of autumn fishing, much of which can be 

 cast without wading, and yielding many heavy salmon. 

 Here luck attended my advent, for on the veiy day on 

 which I put in an appearance the river came into good 

 ply for the first time that autumn. We came in with 

 ten good fish, and I had the pleasure of seeing the first 



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