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preservation, including the trapping of noxious animals, furred or 
feathered, and the payment of rewards to the peasantry for each 
nest hatched-off—in short, by efficient protection of the game, 
with the destruction of its enemies. In hot dry summers it is 
necessary to provide both water and food to the game. 
Next to Mudéla, the most celebrated sporting properties 
include those of Lachar and Tajarja, both in the province of 
Granada, and belonging to the Duke of San Pedro de Galatino ; 
Trasmulas in the same province belonging to the Conde de 
Agrela, and Ventosilla, the property of the Duke of Santona in 
the province of Toledo. There should also be named Daranézas’ 
in the last-named province, the Marquis de la Torrecilla; and 
Daramezdn (Toledo), the Marquis de Alcanices. 
At Malpica in Toledo, the estate of the Duke of Arién, 
there were killed, on the occasion of a visit of King Alfonso XIII, 
a total in one day of 1655 head (partridges, hares, and rabbits), 
of which His Majesty was credited with 600. 
We extract the following from the Madrid newspaper La 
Epoca, January 22, 1908 :— 
At El Rincon, Navalcarnero, near Madrid, the King, with thirteen 
other guns, were the guests of the Marquesa de Manzanedo on January 
20. Hight drives were completed, 350 beaters being employed. The 
total recovered numbered 1400 head, of which 241 fell to the King’s 
gun. His Majesty continued shooting with astonishing brilliancy even 
while darkness was already setting in, and wound up with four con- 
secutive right-and-lefts when one could scarce see even a few yards 
away. King Alfonso killed 97 partridge, 31 hares, 98 rabbits, and 
15 various—double the number that fell to the next highest score. 
Most of the places named are capable of yielding from 500 to 
800 and even 1000 partridge in a day’s driving, besides other 
game. 
