SNIPE SHOOTING 



knowledge, been made in the Madras Presidency 

 by Captain the Honourable E. B. f who was on 

 the staff of the then Governor Lord Wenlock. 



Burmah is a great snipe country, and Colonel 

 W. (late 43rd O.L.I.) once made a notable bag 

 at Tonghoo. He brought home one hundred and 

 sixty-three snipe, and had not expended the whole 

 of the two hundred cartridges which he took out 

 with him. This may seem a " tall order " to 

 sportsmen who do not know Colonel W., but 

 I know that it is a fact, and I consider it less 

 extraordinary than some of the same sportsman's 

 public performances with the rifle, both at the 

 running deer target at the National Rifle Asso- 

 ciation meetings, as well as his score (already 

 mentioned elsewhere) of one point less than the 

 highest possible at Bisley for the " Daily Graphic 

 Cup," the distance being two hundred yards, the 

 bull's-eye an eight-inch circle, and the position 

 standing ! 



The man who is good at standing targets is 

 rarely remarkable at running game, flying game, 

 and with the revolver, yet W. excelled in all 

 branches of shooting. 



I have more particularly in parts of Mysore 

 seen snipe seek the shade of trees and bushes 

 during the heat of the day, and sometimes the 

 birds did not return to their feeding grounds until 

 dusk. 



In India I preferred No. 8 shot for snipe. At 

 one time I used No. 10 in the right barrel, and 

 No. 8 in the left, but I soon gave up the use of the 



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