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SOME NOTABLE BAGS 
The Duke of Portland has kindly allowed us to reproduce a plan of one 
of his “remises.” There are many foxes on this estate, and “remises” 
afford protection for nesting purposes. 
PLAN OF A “REMISE” AT WELBEGK. 
Scale about 100 yards to the inch. 
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600 yards 
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Belt of Trees and Shrubs. 
Turnips. 
Barley. 
Old Layer — 2 years old. 
New Layer. 
Belt of Trees and Shrubs — Spruce or Scotch. 
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Must be cropped in rotation. Wire fencing 6 ft. to 8 ft., large mesh at bottom, 4 in. to 5 in. 
The whole extent of this remise is about 11 acres. Usual size 4 or 5 acres. 
WESTAGRE, NORFOLK 
This estate affords a good example of the association of foxes and 
partridges. The owner, Mr Birkbeck, is a keen preserver of foxes for the 
West Norfolk Hunt, and puts wire cages over the nests to protect them from 
the attentions of the old foxes in the nesting season. There are several 
beats on the estate, the best being Gay ton Thorpe. On October 17, 1904, 
860 partridges were shot in a very high wind, from the wrong direc- 
tion. Mr Birkbeck says with regard to that day : “ I never saw so many 
birds here as there were in the first field, which also included a brace of 
foxes, but the wind played havoc with the bag ! 
“The following year, 1905, with fewer birds we killed 908 on the 
same beat. We have also killed 800 partridges in a day on the Walton 
beat.” 
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250 yards. 
