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(or 3) in the left. Should there be any pig 

 about, he at once reloads with buckshot in 

 the right, and ball in the left ; and if a cock 

 is flushed and marked down, in goes No. 6." 

 Most of the rest of the article relates to 

 roe-deer shooting with beagles, and I omit it 

 because I have so often and often had my 

 say In print on this matter. Moreover, an 

 excellent account of the sport as practised In 

 Scotland appeared last year In the Badmmton 

 Magazine, from the facile pen of the Hon. A. 

 E. Gathorne Hardy (who, by the way, writes 

 me, " I have been shooting and watching roe 

 for the last thirty-five years "), and also, anent 

 an old favourite Idea of mine, a Roe-deer 

 Preservation Association.^ " I shall be 



1 An association of landowners and sportsmen interested 

 in the preservation of roe-deer. Landowners to undertake 

 to turn down and preserve roe, others to promote legislation, 

 etc., etc., for their preservation. Whilst quite agreeing with 



