278 SPORTING IN BOTH HEMISPHERES. 



Daily shooting excursions followed this, my first campaign 

 in Hungary, and I will spare the reader the recital of the 

 shots I missed, which were numerous, for novice as I was in 

 this mode of shooting, I was always excited by the sight of a 

 red skin, and fired too soon, or rather at too long a distance ; 

 nor need I relate all my successes, which comprised on one 

 occasion two stags and a fawn; all I can safely say is, that I 

 found the convent of Marienthal a terrestrial paradise a. 

 beautiful country a delightful residence a cordial recep- 

 tion a royal cliasse the best wines of Buda and Tokay 

 and the finest air in the world. Centenaires abound in this 

 happy country, and if you are to believe all the stories you 

 hear, some people do not die at all, It is there a sportsman 

 might finish his days happily. 



