The Diary of Colonel Peter Hawker, 1802-1853, Volume 1 |
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Abbeville arrived bagged barrel beat birds blew boat breakfast brent geese brent goose brought Captain chance coach coast cock Colonel coots crawling curlews daylight dinner dogs double gun double shots drove fieldfares fired fishing France French frost gale of wind Game &c getting going grand grey plover gunners half half-past harbour hares head of game heard horses incessant jack snipe Joe Manton Joseph Manton Keyhaven killed landrail London long shot Longparish House Lord Lymington mallards miles miserable missed morning nearly night nine o'clock obliged Paris partridges Peter Hawker pheasants Poole punt quarter rabbits rain regiment road sail scarcely season seen September shooters shooting Southhaven sport stanchion gun swivel gun teal tide to-day took town tremendous trout tufted ducks weather Wherwell whole day wigeon wild duck wild fowl woodcock yards