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... England , Scotland , Ireland , and Wales there exist conditions suited to the bird's tastes , there from time to time will snipe appear in greater or less numbers . These conditions , as we have seen in an earlier chapter , are : soft ...
... England , Scotland , Ireland , and Wales there exist conditions suited to the bird's tastes , there from time to time will snipe appear in greater or less numbers . These conditions , as we have seen in an earlier chapter , are : soft ...
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... England , however , when one simply walks the drained marsh , a setter is worse than useless . Your spaniel or retriever will , or should , tell you of any very close - lying bird in a dyke which may be inclined to squat while you pass ...
... England , however , when one simply walks the drained marsh , a setter is worse than useless . Your spaniel or retriever will , or should , tell you of any very close - lying bird in a dyke which may be inclined to squat while you pass ...
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... Mayo , Kerry , Cork , and Clare ; in England , the best snipe counties are Norfolk , Suffolk , Essex , Lincolnshire , and Cam- Blakey's Shooting . bridgeshire . There was a time when large English districts 118 SHOOTING THE SNIPE.
... Mayo , Kerry , Cork , and Clare ; in England , the best snipe counties are Norfolk , Suffolk , Essex , Lincolnshire , and Cam- Blakey's Shooting . bridgeshire . There was a time when large English districts 118 SHOOTING THE SNIPE.
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... England into a very inferior position in this respect . Yet , in a few favoured localities in our Eastern counties , some of the finest snipe shooting attainable is still to be had . when the season happens to be right . One such ...
... England into a very inferior position in this respect . Yet , in a few favoured localities in our Eastern counties , some of the finest snipe shooting attainable is still to be had . when the season happens to be right . One such ...
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... England we cannot now in any way approach such figures , though very large seasons ' bags were made on undrained land years ago , when snipe literally swarmed in the Norfolk and Cambridgeshire fens . Still , of later years some ...
... England we cannot now in any way approach such figures , though very large seasons ' bags were made on undrained land years ago , when snipe literally swarmed in the Norfolk and Cambridgeshire fens . Still , of later years some ...
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