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LEWIS AMEKICAN SPORTSMAN. 



Sept. 7, 

 " 8, 

 8, 

 8, 

 8, 

 8, 

 9, 

 9, 

 9, 

 9, 

 " 10, 

 " 10, 

 " 10, 

 " 10, 



" 11, 

 " 11, 



Oct. 4, 



J. M. Eyre killed 

 Matzinger . 

 E. E. Eyre 

 Brown 

 C. Price 

 J. K. Bonsai 

 J. Newbold 

 J. M. Odenlieimer 

 W. Bead . 

 G. Epley . 

 J. Newbold 

 J. Bonsai . 

 S. Smith 

 E. Eyre . 

 E. Eyre . 

 H. Edwards 

 S. Smith 



90 Bails. 

 122 



94 



97 



91 

 107 



81 

 132 

 107 



85 



83 

 141 

 103 

 115 

 101 

 107 

 104 



But the greatest exploit of all is yet to be chronicled. On 

 the 8th of September, Mr. J. M. Eyre killed on one tide the 

 surprising number of one hundred and ninety-five Rails, which 

 is forty more than ever was bagged by any Shooter on our 

 river, if we except, perhaps, the shooting-match that took place 

 many years ago, between Mr. Hubbell and a friend, at which 

 time, we believe, the former gentleman got one hundred and 

 seventy-five Rails. The Birds were very numerous, as we may 

 suppose, on this day, and the tide very high, insomuch that the 

 Rails were obliged to seek shelter on the meadows, a very un- 

 common circumstance. Mr. Eyre lives in Chester, and is con- 

 sidered one of the very best of shots on Rail, and is ever on the 

 spot ready to avail himself of all the high tides that make up 

 our river during the Rail season.* The most indifferent shot 

 may often kill from thirty to forty Rails on a tide, and fair 

 shots always calculate on sixty or eighty, provided there is a 

 good tide. 



* During the season of 1849, Rails were very abundant, and great numbers 

 •were killed ; over cue thousand were brought into Chester alone during one day, 

 of a very good tide. 



