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there were one or two more that were not 

 found. 



There is good shooting and fishing about Cork, 

 and Limerick as well ; in fact, all over Ireland it is 

 to be had ; but remember, the nearer you are to 

 Dublin, or any large town, the dearer things are. 

 It is to the wild, desolate spots you must go for 

 real sport, and if a man can manage to put up with 

 such a life, all well and good. Several Englishmen 

 bought estates round Galway, but I suppose they 

 got tired of it, or were afraid of the little pot shoot- 

 ing that an Irishman occasionally takes at one, just 

 " pour passer Ic temps!' as they are, or were, to let. 



I had capital sport in Lower Brittany, France ; 

 there are plenty of woodcock and snipe in parts, 

 and the living at the time I speak of was very 

 cheap ; but, alas ! there is a railway now, so, of 

 course, like all other places, it has gone up in 

 price. In these days, it has become a somewhat 

 difficult matter to particularise which are the best 

 places to go to for sport. If you do not mind 

 distance, Hungary is the place. If you want to 

 be near home, Ireland or France. 



Take my advice, as an old sportsman who has 

 been at it all his life, and has now seen nearly half 

 a century; if you are a man of moderate means 

 take your time in hiring a place, and when you 



