212 LEAVES FKOM A GAME BOOK. 



this latter bird being killed dead at fully 150 yards 

 by a pellet of S.S.G. from Sandeman's eight-bore. In 

 mentioning this very long shot, it must not be for- 

 gotten that there are but twelve pellets of S.S.G. to 

 the ounce, that the gun was loaded with two ounces 

 of this, and that each pellet of the charge was in 

 reality a small bullet, and one of them happened to 

 catch the white-fronted one fair in the very middle 

 of his neck ; and, on joining forces, we remarked 

 simultaneously to each other, " Well, that was a most 

 unlucky bird." 



1895. 



The 1st of August found me at Battleby, near Perth, 

 fishing with Brydges Willyams till the 10th. During 

 that time the river was low, with the weather sultry, 

 and I got but two fish, both in the Black Craig, each 

 coming to minnows I had caught in a burn hard by. 



The "twelfth" found me at Derculich by Grandtully, 

 the guest of Captain Holford. For its size this is 

 perhaps one of the most comfortable houses in Scotland ; 



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