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north-west marches for the purpose of shooting black 

 game, and my notes record two special red-letter 

 days, Friday and Saturday, at the close of September, 

 when a nice variety of game and excellent sport was 

 the result. 



Having arranged to look for partridges on the 

 small farms at the north march, and to range the 

 outlying covers for black game, we, after an early 

 breakfast, drove quietly by the hill road to a farm- 

 house some five miles from the lodge. Here we 

 found Archie, who had ridden over with the pony 

 and taken the pointers, and presently arrived Peter 

 Doig and other men from about the place ; so, taking 

 the hampers out and putting them on the pony, we 

 set ofi through the woods towards the north march. 

 In passing by these woods we killed some hares, and 

 Fred shot a jay, its blue and black feathers being 

 useful in dressing certain kinds of flies. We saw two 

 roes, but did not get a chance at them. 



Found the farm folks engaged at cheesemaking, 

 and stayed a while to have a look at the cattle and 

 get a drink of whey, then moved on to find the 

 partridges. 



Although well on in the morning, we saw some 

 black game and grouse still feeding on the stubbles 



