86 SHOOTING : 



The Sun so powerful is, your traps and gun 



Are almost load enough to weigh you down, 



Without the game, etcetera, that he 



Finds 'cross his shoulders hangs full heavily. 



Those who love shooting, and whose darling fort 



It is, will travel far t' enjoy this sport, 



And mostly make their stay a month or so, 



And even then, reluctantly they go. 



If you're one such, and each day tramp the heath, 



Deem not this plain advice to be beneath 



A Sportsman's notice : should your team be four, 



Use half your wealth, 'tis better ruled than more. 



The brace dismiss'd, the dogs that in their room 



You work, let them be kept for afternoon ; 



With proper care you'll find this team enow 



To hold you satisfactorily through 



Your grouse excursion : brown are much the best 



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As far as colour goes, for they the least 



Your victims see and thus the bag 's increas'd. 



