Another grand season, the best out of the seventeen years of the lease. On the first and second days I shot by myself, taking off fifty-four and forty-four and a half brace respectively. I was in very good form, and began by getting sixteen brace without slipping a cartridge. After the first two days we shot in two parties of two guns each. Up to September 16, when we went south, we had 1284½ brace. In October I returned, with another man, to shoot under the kite, and we made 188½ brace.
The sundries included ninety-seven snipe, the greatest number ever made in one season. The Rumsdale party shot very hard almost every day to end of season. A number of grouse were in addition killed by my keeper during the winter. |