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the colour of your dress ; this, indeed, is the best 

 colour for all work. 



Many places that were famous for snipe when I 

 was a lad, are now drained or built on. And a few 

 years hence the snipe and woodcock will be rare 

 birds with us. There is still a land within easy 

 reach where they are to be found — Ireland — and 

 there I go every year for a couple of months, to a 

 very wild part of the country, certainly, and where 

 you must rough it ; but still I enjoy it intensely : 

 and when I am sitting by my turf fire, with my 

 glass of potheen beside me, my old black clay 

 between my lips, and my tired setters stretched 

 at their ease by my feet, I feel thoroughly happy. 



There is one thing I always take with me on 

 these Irish excursions, and that is a comfortable 

 arm-chair. I have had it carried eleven miles over 

 the mountains for me, to the cabin or farm, or 

 wherever I may be. This is the only luxury I 

 allow myself. 



If you go farther afield than Ireland, and are in 

 for nothing but snipe shooting, then be off to 

 America ; South Carolina is your mark, and where 

 you may blaze away to your heart's content. 



The woodcock flies exactly the same as the snipe ; 

 but it is not necessary to be particular about the 

 wind in his case. In beating large covers or 



