Colonel Hawker's Shooting Diaries

afloat afternoon Alresford arrived bagged barrel beat better birds blew boat brent geese brent goose brought home Bullington caught chance cold coots crawled curlews day's daylight dead diaries dinner double gun double shots drove duck easterly wind fair shot fish flew flying fowl gale of wind grey plover ground gunners half past harbour hare head of game heard Heath hurricane incessant jack snipes jack-snipes Joseph Manton Keyhaven killed knocked landrail London long shot Longparish Lord luck Lymington mallard miles missed fire morning never saw Newfoundland dog o'clock obliged old cock oxbirds partridges PETER HAWKER pheasants plover punt rabbit rain Reade river scarcely season seen Sept shooting shot and lost snipes splendid sport swans teal tide to-day took trout unwell weather Wherwell white frost whole day wigeon wild wildfowl wounded yards