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T. D. Croft. The two days gave us 951 head, of which 

 842 were pheasants. To me, however, the chief feature 

 of the visit was the brilliant display of "crackers" let 

 off by " The Mate " and Portman Dal ton, who between 

 them kept us each day after dinner in one continual 

 roar of laughter. One of the features of a day's 

 partridge shooting at Hall Barn is the luncheon cart, 

 an invention of Sir Edward's. It started in life as 

 an Irish car, and has been developed into something 

 very much better. It holds lunch and all accessories, 

 has an ice well, two seats, two benches, each of which 

 takes to pieces and packs into the car. When in use, 

 the usual seats are the buffets, the boards on either 

 side on which the feet ought to rest serve the purposes 

 of tables, at which the benches enable the shooters to 

 sit and eat in comfort. 



On the 18th and 19th I shot with the late 

 A. Hamilton Bruce, of Falkland Palace, at North 

 Mymms Park, near Hatfield, the others of the party 

 being the Hon. R. Villiers, Hon. F. W. Anson, George 

 Faudel Phillips, Colonel Fellowes, Colonel Rogers, 



