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bagged both partridges, quails, and snipe ; and, on 

 the Tuesday, again sought the banks of the river, and, 

 with the aid of rod and casting net, made up a dish 

 of the coarser kinds of fish. These amusements, 

 combined with my attention to the sick hounds, occu- 

 pied my time, when, on the Tuesday afternoon, a 

 messenger came to invite me to an attack on wolves ; 

 and with the greatest delight I heard that, to enable 

 us to do so in strength, three packs of hounds were 

 to join — those of MM. E. Brunier and Lucas, aided 

 by the establishment of another master of hounds, with 

 whom I had not as yet made acquaintance. Having 

 to ride my horse to cover, I arranged all prelimi- 

 naries for an early departure, and retired to sleep, 

 most anxious for the break of day. 



