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There are also paauw (the large bustard) which is 

 generally shot with the rifle, and koran (a smaller bird 

 of the bustard tribe) which rises before your gun and is 

 killed with shot. 



There are two kinds of partridge the red-wing and 

 the grey-wing. 



The red-wing is considerably larger than the English 

 partridge, and derives its name from the colour of the 

 inside of its wings being of a reddish brown. They are 

 shot over pointers. They are a fine strong bird, and 

 get up in a very game way with a great whirring, gener- 

 ally giving their call as they do so. I have seen a covey 

 of young birds rise with such a bustle that they shook 

 the feathers out of themselves, leaving their down float- 

 ing about in a way suggestive of a family shot that had 

 mauled the whole covey. 



A day's shooting at red-wing over good pointers is (bar 

 surroundings) as good fun as a day at grouse or par- 

 tridge. They are not numerous, however, and a man 

 must be content with a bag of from six to ten brace, 

 and even then must work hard and cut down nearly 

 everything he fires at. Were the vermin destroyed, and 

 the burning of grass during the breeding season avoided, 

 I have no doubt they could be preserved in considerable 

 numbers. 



The beauty of sport in Natal, however, consists in the 

 variety of the game. 



You start out on horseback with your gun and a couple 

 of pointers. You range the grassy ridges for partridges. 

 Your dogs draw up and stand. You jump off your horse 

 and walk up. A covey rises. You grass a brace of them. 



Farther on the dogs begin drawing again in some 

 oldish grass, and carry their heads suspiciously high and 



