King Edward VIIas a sportsman . i woodcock, 43 duck,3 teal. And I must not omit another :— Dec. 6, 1907.—Princes Edward and Albert firedtheir first shots out of a small single muzzle-loader,being the same gun with which His Majesty KingEdward, the late Duke of Clarence,- and the Princeof Wales fired their first shots. Some of the best beats for pheasants are within astones throw of the house, and are known as Com-modore and Dersingham Woods. Wolferton Woodis perhaps better still ; there are some remarkably fineold forest trees here, and the wood has yielded excep-tionally good sport for some y
King Edward VIIas a sportsman . i woodcock, 43 duck,3 teal. And I must not omit another :— Dec. 6, 1907.—Princes Edward and Albert firedtheir first shots out of a small single muzzle-loader,being the same gun with which His Majesty KingEdward, the late Duke of Clarence,- and the Princeof Wales fired their first shots. Some of the best beats for pheasants are within astones throw of the house, and are known as Com-modore and Dersingham Woods. Wolferton Woodis perhaps better still ; there are some remarkably fineold forest trees here, and the wood has yielded excep-tionally good sport for some years. Anmer, which, ashas been remarked. His Majesty added to the estate afew years since, is distinguished by a number of smallcoverts which provide particularly pretty shooting, forhere as a rule the birds come very high. At Frankfortthere are special attractions ; an interesting head ofmixed game may usually be obtained. There are 26 A FROSTY MORNING—HORSE-SHOE, DERSINGHAM WOOD From a Painting by Archihald Thokburn i:. Sandrineham to pheasants, of course ; in Norfolk there is always achance of partridges ; and in addition there is a finewarren. Wild duck may always be expected, and themarshy ground with its tussocky grass makes atempting habitation for snipe and woodcock. InDecember 1873 Lord Walsingham got 26 snipe ina comparatively short time. What is specially called the Woodcock Beat liespartly in the park, and some excellent bags have beenmade—excellent, it should of course be understood,for England: comparisons must not be institutedwith Lord Ardilauns Irish woodcock paradise. OnNovember 20, 1874, 42 woodcock were shot years later, on the 9th of the month, 27 wereadded to the bag; and Wolferton Wood, exactly threeweeks later, oddly enough yielded precisely the samenumber. In one year I find that 118 woodcock werekilled at Sandringham ; it is not unusual to come acrossmention of days when 30 or thereabouts have beenshot. There is record of 31 on Novem
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