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MR. T. SOUTHWELL ON SHOOTING AT HOLKHAM. 
Four days’ Partridge shooting at Castleacre show that in 1801 
these birds were abundant there. September 21st, 23rd, 24th, 
and 25th produced 733 Partridges, 12 Hares, 2 Pabbits, 2 Quails, 
and 3 Snipe ; there being sometimes six and sometimes seven guns. 
A note addressed to “ E. Wilbraham Esq.” endorsed “Ld. 
Eendlesham, Ld. Eons ” apparently in Lord Eous’s writing, and 
further marked : “ This paper was given me by Ld. Eons, 
March 13th, 1807,” in the writing of Mr. Wilbraham, is as follows: 
“Game killed at Eendlesham between the 1st of Septr., 1806 and 
the 1st of Febry., 1807. Partridges 1815, Eedlegs 112 = 1927; 
Pheasants 1314, Hares 698, Woodcocks 44; total 3983 . . 
Ld. Eendlesham thought that on the 2nd Feby. he had more 
Pheasants left than he ever before had on the 1st of October.” 
This record is interesting from its early mention of the Eed-legged 
Partridge, which is believed by some to have been introduced by 
the Marquis of Hertford, at Sudbourne, and Lord Eendlesham, at 
Eendlesham, in Suffolk, about the year 1770,* and therefore seems 
to have thriven well to have allowed of 112 being killed in 1807. 
It is said to have spread rapidly both in Norfolk and Suffolk. 
The following notes on the “ Weight of Game ” are in the writing 
of Mr. Wilbraham : 
“ Weight of different sorts of game. I have known a hare 
weigh 9f pounds, and have heard of one passing 11 pounds — but 
it is a very large Hare which weighs 8 lbs. 
“I have seen at Holkham Woodcocks from 1 5 l- to 16 ounces, 
and pheasants from 3 lbs. & f up to 4 lbs. 
“On Saturday, Oct. 6, 1804, Mr. Wm. Churchill, Jr., killed at 
Mr. Motteux’s on Hingham [?] a partridge which weighed more 
than 16| ounces and not quite 16£. 
* See ‘Birds of Norfolk,’ vol. i. p. 405. There is considerable confusion 
as to the date of the introduction of this bird; Lord ltendlesliam (born in 
1761) was in 1770 only about nine years old; it is therefore hardly probable 
that, if introduced by him, the above date is correct. It was Hr. Clarke, 
in an article in Charlesworth’s ‘Magazine of Natural History’ for 1830, 
p. 142, who stated that it was introduced by the Marquis of Hertford and 
Lord ltendlesliam about the year 1790. Daniel (‘Rural Sports,’ vol. iii. p. 95) 
ascribes the introduction to Lords Hertford and Rochford, and speaks of 
shooting one of these birds in 1777, which may possibly be a misprint for 
1797. There is thus equal confusion both as to the date of introduction and 
the name of the introducer jointly with the Marquis of Hertford. 
