34 THE COMPLETE SPORTSMAN 



the reader soon grows weary of such an 

 inventory. 



It is not, however, too much to claim that any 

 man Avho takes the trouble to master the con- 

 tents of this catalogue will not only enjoy the 

 satisfaction of considerably increasing his vocab- 

 ulary, but will also be sure of shining with 

 advantage in any company of sportsmen in 

 whose society he may chance to find himself. 

 Armed with such knowledge as this it will be 

 possible for him to sit in a comfortable arm-chair 

 at his club, and join with perfect self-confidence 

 in any conversation upon sporting matters 

 which may arise. 



It will indeed tend to enhance his reputation 

 as a sportsman if he occasionally turns to some 

 chance acquaintance and remarks (in a voice 

 loud enough to be heard all over the smoking- 

 room): " I flushed a fine bevy of bandicoots on 

 Lord Meopham's* preserves last v/eek, and wiped 

 his lordship's eye twice !" Or, " Squire Endli- 

 cott's head-keeper tells me that two and a half 

 wisps of curlew and a sculk of bittern have 

 nested in Jury's Gap this autumn." Or (remi- 

 niscently), " Talking of Brighton, I shall never 

 forget flight-shooting in Bavaria with Baron 

 Hunyadi von Janos in 1898. Ousels were 

 plentiful and strong on the wing; I myself 



* Pronounced " Moom " (to rhyme with " Bluffingham "). 



