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probably have missed him had it 

 been my right, but, as it was, he too 

 bit the dust. 



On and on we went, getting every 

 now and then a shot at cock, until 

 at length the sun began to sink 

 towards his setting, and we had 

 wandered far from camp. Then we 

 turned and, as far as the light would 

 allow us, shot our way back towards 

 the tents. Out of a reedy pool we 

 got a mallard and his mate, and a 

 little farther on a woodcock, probably 

 a wounded one, rose from bare 

 ground at our approach, and fell, 

 after a twisty flight, to my second 

 barrel. Soon after the sun had set a 

 whistle of golden plover sounded sud- 

 denly near, and as they rushed over- 

 head we stopped a couple and a half. 

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