HERON COURT 



Grand total killed by the late Lord Malmsbury, in forty seasons, to his < 

 gun, from 1798 to 1840. 



Days out 



Allowing the distance walked at two miles and a half per 

 hour, according to the noble journalist's account, he would have 

 covered a distance of 36,200 miles, or very nearly once and a 

 half of the circumference of the globe ; and diu-ing that time 

 he was never confined to his bed one day by sickness or acci- 

 dent — firing away about 750 pounds' weight of powder, and 

 four tons of shot. 



The crowning day of the Heron Court wild-fowl shooting, 

 however, was destined to be deferred till the 31st January 1853, 

 when the present Lords Malmsbury and Anson, accompanied 

 by Mr. George Bentinck, took the beat on the Moors River ; 

 Lord Anson and Mr. Bentinck were posted, and Lord Malms- 

 bury di'ove the water. It was three hours before he reached 



