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rocks bv me, and I let him o-q, but mv for- 

 bearance was not rewarded. The only pig 

 In the beat, as usual, broke back. Most of 

 this beat took place in driving hail, and it 

 was bitterly cold. The next beat up to the 

 ridge was quite blank ; all I had to look at 

 beinof a swan flvino- over the lake. The 

 third was the same as the fourth on the first 

 day. Hardly were we posted than two 

 jackals passed me. I was bloodthirsty by 

 this time, but missed one at short range, 

 and, rightly or wrongly, put It on the slugs 

 — seven of which form a charge, and con- 

 sequently cannot be expected to do much 

 in the way of a pattern. In the next beat 

 there was again a jackal, at which E. 

 snapped with her Derringer. I had heard 

 much of Albanian "jacks," and their large 

 size, but these were no bigger than our 



