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venture to say. The first beat only produced 

 a roe, which broke up over the ridge unshot 

 at, passing right through a line of wood- 

 carrying women. The lake was covered 

 with duck, who well know they are safe 

 there. For the next beat we crossed over 

 to the sea, and came on the same roe in 

 doing so. I snapped at him, but fruitlessly, 

 at about one hundred and fifty yards ; and 

 nothing but this roe was found in the beat, 

 when, needless to say, he broke back. All 

 that passed me was a wild cat, at which, of 

 course, I did not fire. Then followed a 

 small and unpromising beat, which was quite 

 blank. During this our party was reinforced 

 by a sulky-looking zaptieh, who had not 

 even a good-day for us Christian dogs, 

 whose two francs he would, however, have 

 pocketed at the end of the day had we not 



