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 1284-1/2 brace.
In October I returned, with another man, to shoot under the kite, and
we made 188-1/2 brace.
Bag. Dalnawillan. Rumsdale.
Grouse 1473 brace. 1600 brace.
Sundries 128-1/2 " ----
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.