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to infer that it was a usual thing with him, and 

 that if he had not been so busy he would 

 have shown us the way to do the trick. Of 

 course we regretted he was not w4th us, as he 

 would have so greatly aided in filling the bag. 



We shot remarkably well that day, barring 

 my three misses ; and I can scarcely ever re- 

 member having so few runners. Of all things I 

 hate tailoring my birds by breaking their legs, 

 or seeing them go away wounded ; I would 

 ten times rather miss them out and out. This 

 is the fault of shooting too low, and to guard 

 against this, it should be borne in mind that 

 nineteen times out of twenty a bird is rising as 

 he flies, except where you are above him, and 

 he is going down-hill. But I am forgetting 

 all about what I was saying, and going away 

 at score. Let us haste back at once. 



Well, I had my ground and my man, whose 

 report of the prospects of what was on it, 

 considering that it had not been looked after 

 for some years, was very favourable. I knew 

 Isaac would not neglect his part, for his heart 

 was in it, and when that is the case you can 

 rely upon a thing being well done. 



Now, the next thing was to look out for a 



