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they were covered with scratches, 

 bites, and contusions happily none 

 of them were very serious having 

 tied them properly and out of sight 

 of one another, we once more re- 

 sumed our shoot. But it was in 

 reality a hopeless game, for as we 

 walked on we had to wait continually 

 for one or other of the Frenchmen. 

 The fat one was a slow mover, and 

 the other was desperately afraid of 

 getting bogged ; both talked inces- 

 santly at the top of their voices, and 

 fired whenever they could find an 

 excuse; consequently the snipe, of 

 which there appeared to be any 

 number, kept jumping up at eighty 

 yards in front of us in a most dis- 

 gusting manner. However, I noticed 

 with great satisfaction that they did 

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