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lawn, and found Finch Hatton throwing a boomerang 

 most beautifully, and really the child's description was 

 not so very wide of the mark. It was the first time 

 any of us had ever seen one thrown, and I think I 

 am right in saying our friend is the only Englishman 

 in England who can perform the feat, which is a very 

 pretty sight to witness. 



Then followed various days in Sussex ; and on the 

 23rd of October, at Shermanbury Grange, Henfield, in 

 company with our host, Forrester Britten, his nephew, 

 Captain Colvin, H. R. Porter, Colonel Lyon, and the 

 Rev. A. L. Wynne, we got, on a bright, hot day, 115 

 pheasants, 4 partridges, 6 hares, and 19 rabbits. 



Next, on November 6th and 7th, came two more 

 days at Balls Park, the total being 1496 pheasants, 6 

 partridges, 4 hares, 340 rabbits, and 11 various. The 

 guns were H.R.H. the Duke of Cambridge, Prince Edward 

 of Saxe-Weimar, Prince Adolphus of Teck, Colonel and 

 Captain FitzGeorge, Lord Gainsborough, Baron Henry de 

 Worms, Sir John Astley, and Cecil Lowther. At this 

 period " The Mate " was busy writing his book, and I sat 



