22 HAPPY HUNTING-GROUNDS 



Estate," written by the Reverend Montague Fowler, 

 and published in the Badminton Magazine for Novem- 

 ber 1898, but the reduced and faint reproductions of 

 amateur photographs necessarily did scant justice to 

 the delicate lines. The first Sir John Fowler made this 

 precious book an heirloom by will, and I am deeply 

 indebted to his grandson, the present baronet, and 

 his mother, Lady Fowler, for trusting me with the 

 precious volume, and permitting me to reproduce 

 some of its unique contents. The sketch of a group 

 of deer, "In a Good Place for a Shot," was drawn by 

 Sir Edwin Landseer in 1868, and the two excellent 

 studies of stags by General Crealoch, " Hero and 

 Leander" and "A Disconsolate Bachelor," in the 

 following decade. I give also two out of several 

 sketches by Sir John Millais. The first, " Triumphs 

 of the Year," gives excellent portraits of the artist 

 himself and of Sir William Harcourt in 1875. The 

 second illustrates a feat of Sir Arthur Fowler, the 

 second baronet, when a lad of seventeen. On 

 September 10, 1870, he killed three stags with three 

 consecutive shots, while Millais on the same day 

 missed three. Arthur is portrayed seated on a 

 pyramid of slain, with the punning legend " Arthur's 

 Seat" subscribed, while in the corner a duck with 

 three eggs represents the artist's less successful 

 " innings." 



The whole volume is full of interest with its 

 mementoes and autographs of the numerous soldiers, 

 statesmen, churchmen, and leaders of science who 

 enjoyed the hospitality of the great engineer. The 

 names of Lord Strathnairn and Earl Roberts, 

 Archbishops Benson, Maclagan, Thomson, and Magee, 



