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would year by year have the hawks at Langwell, 

 to help to entertain some of his guests, at that 

 lovely place, prolific of all sport. Mr. St. Quintin 

 and Colonel Brooksbank would take a moor and 

 have the hawks for a month or so. Once, I 

 remember, in that space of time they killed 100 

 brace of grouse with them, and then the hawks 

 went on to Langwell and killed a number more. 

 Later still that season they killed 105 partridges 

 and made up a total for the game season of 353 

 head. Lord Lilford, though the country around 

 his home was not suitable for hawking, was un- 

 happily too great a cripple to be able to join us 

 in our sport farther afield, but he always liked 

 to have the hawks with him for a short time, and 

 a good hawk in full practice could show him 

 many successful flights at partridges, even in a 

 cramped country. 



The Duke of St. Albans did not come out 

 hawking or care for the sport. But he considered 

 that his position of Hereditary Grand Falconer of 

 England (with an income of 1200 a year) put 

 him under an obligation to do something for the 

 sport of falconry. He therefore joined our club, 

 and gave us a handsome subscription on the 

 understanding that if ever he were called upon 

 by the King to produce hawks and show a day's 

 sport, he should have the use of the club estab- 



