HAD] ANO 



now and then opened out into a 

 green, tussocky bog. 



It was ground that might and, as 

 we very soon found out, did contain 

 many varieties of game. Shortly after 

 commencing our beat, with two Arab 

 boys as game-carriers, we put up a 

 fine little covey of partridges some 

 distance out of shot, and almost 

 immediately afterwards the Hadji 

 knocked over a hare very neatly. 

 Then there fluttered up from a bush 

 between us a woodcock, and cross- 

 ing me gave me an easy shot which 

 brought him into the larder. A little 

 farther another hare fell to my com- 

 panion. Then we came to a small 

 hollow, evidently well watered, filled 

 with thorn bush, rank yellow grass, 

 and a few green bushes which looked 

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