. Unexplored Spain. Hunting; Natural history. 124 Unexplored Spain a fairer mark when tliey next wheeled round. Then two, and often three, great geese came hurtling downwards, to fall with resoundino- thuds behind. Few mistakes occurred this mornincr and scarce a chance was missed. But never could we succeed in working-in the two doubles at once ! The cramped space forbade that. The hole, having been dug for one, gave no freedom of action for tM'o guns ; its floor, moreover, had now become a compound of sticky glutinous clay a foot deep, and that further hampered movements. Only one gun could
. Unexplored Spain. Hunting; Natural history. 124 Unexplored Spain a fairer mark when tliey next wheeled round. Then two, and often three, great geese came hurtling downwards, to fall with resoundino- thuds behind. Few mistakes occurred this mornincr and scarce a chance was missed. But never could we succeed in working-in the two doubles at once ! The cramped space forbade that. The hole, having been dug for one, gave no freedom of action for tM'o guns ; its floor, moreover, had now become a compound of sticky glutinous clay a foot deep, and that further hampered movements. Only one gun could work the second barrel. After each shot, one of us jumped out and propped up the fallen geese as decoys. To leave them lying about all-ends-up has a disastrous efiect. Ere the " flight" ceased we had five-and-twenty greylags down around our hide, besides several others that had fallen at some distance, duly marked by the keepers who now galloped off to gather theseâsay two mule-loads of geese. The discovery of that lonely " sanding-place " had had a concrete â l''4' ''i III} r^'^^rH. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Chapman, Abel, 1851-1929; Buck, Walter John. joint author. London, E. Arnold
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