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a 'best on record,' and have the heaviest shooting in 

 England, you can do it in Norfolk, Suffolk, Cam- 

 bridgeshire, or possibly Essex (on the light land). 

 You may do it in Lancashire, if you can get ground 

 like Croxteth or Knowsley,' and possibly in York- 

 shire ; but it will cost you more in the last-named 

 two counties. 



Again, it would undoubtedly be possible to reach 

 a maximum result in Hampshire or Dorsetshire, while 

 the records of Hawkstone ^ show what can be done 

 in Shropshire, and most probably in Staffordshire and 

 Cheshire also. In certain parts of Nottinghamshire 

 and Northamptonshire there is good ground, and 

 again in Worcestershire and Warwickshire, though 

 perhaps not good enough for a maximum, and I 

 know that in parts of Devon, Herts, Sussex, and 

 even Surrey large quantities have been successfully 

 reared and kept. 



In many parts of Scotland, especially on the east 

 coast, it would be difficult to fix a Hmit to the num- 

 ber of pheasants that might be turned out. In East 



' The Earl of Sefton's and the Earl of Derby's respectively. 



'■ Lord Hill's estate, near Shrewsbury, where over 2,000 

 pheasants have several times been killed in one day. Since the 

 above was written, Lord Hill has died, to the regret of all who 

 knew him. As Rowland Hill he was one of the best shots of the 

 day, both at game and pigeons, and the most courteous and 

 genial of men in either field. 



