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CHAPTER X. 



AuLD Jack — his Dining at Simpson's in the 

 Strand, when he Mistook the Waiters for 

 Parsons ; his Dinner with a ' Suffolkshire ' 



MAN ; AND his BEWILDERMENT AT 

 THE AlHAMBRA. 



HAVING wandered so far from hunting, I 

 cannot resist adding another good story or 

 two under the heading of "Auld Jack," 

 who, in his day, took a lot of beating. He was, 

 indeed, a noted character, not only as a killer of 

 grouse, but he was also w^ell known at several 

 Wimbledon Rifle Meetings. 



Jack was a most wonderful hand at netting 

 and snaring grouse, as well as shackle netting for 

 trout. He used to rent small plots of moorland 

 adjoining good grouse moors, principally on high 



