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reconnoitre ; but each time we were told by Larry and Micky 

 that an attempt to land would probably end in disaster ; 

 so we had perforce to abandon the idea ; although in addition 

 to the aforesaid deer, this island (the name of which I fail 

 to remember) was a favourite haunt of woodcock. 



If ever I find myself again in this beauty spot Beloved 

 Connemara I mean to have one of those fallow buck, and to 

 take toll of the longbills, given a chance to set my foot on 

 the forbidding shores of that wind and sea swept island. 



