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... preserve as you may , the number of grouse will always be limited by the quantity of that , their almost ex- clusive food . One has , however , an equivalent in the variety of game ; snipe , woodcock , teal GROUSE SHOOTING . 29.
... preserve as you may , the number of grouse will always be limited by the quantity of that , their almost ex- clusive food . One has , however , an equivalent in the variety of game ; snipe , woodcock , teal GROUSE SHOOTING . 29.
Page 30
... preserved manors so much as on the wild Irish bogs . While the keepers were putting up my rod , I tried a little patch of rushy ground , not unlikely , I thought , to hold a snipe or a duck . Don came to a point , almost the first that ...
... preserved manors so much as on the wild Irish bogs . While the keepers were putting up my rod , I tried a little patch of rushy ground , not unlikely , I thought , to hold a snipe or a duck . Don came to a point , almost the first that ...
Page 54
... . Blake had no one regularly appointed to look after shootings extending over fifteen thousand acres ; but no English manor could have been better preserved . I rather think that his Reverence preached the doctrine of 54 SEA FISHING .
... . Blake had no one regularly appointed to look after shootings extending over fifteen thousand acres ; but no English manor could have been better preserved . I rather think that his Reverence preached the doctrine of 54 SEA FISHING .
Page 55
... preserves . An instance both of the will and the power of the priest to preserve his friend's property occurred during my stay at Bogleeze , which I will relate . One Sunday morning news came that a coil of rope had been stolen from the ...
... preserves . An instance both of the will and the power of the priest to preserve his friend's property occurred during my stay at Bogleeze , which I will relate . One Sunday morning news came that a coil of rope had been stolen from the ...
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... preservation of all wild birds , without exception , and I still believe that the preponderance of ad- vantage would be found in preserving " the balance of nature , " and that no link , however apparently useless , or even harmful ...
... preservation of all wild birds , without exception , and I still believe that the preponderance of ad- vantage would be found in preserving " the balance of nature , " and that no link , however apparently useless , or even harmful ...
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