Part. Phea. Hares. Rabbits. W. Cock. Var. Total. HOLKHAM. The following is an account of the Game killed, by Mr. CоKE, and seven other Gentlemen.-Oct. 31, 1808, 218 hares, 21 pheasants, 6 partridges, 180 rabbits; total 425.-Nov. 1; total 57.-Nov. 2, 173 hares, 32 pheasants, 25 partridges, 183 rabbits, 1 woodcock, 4 woodpigeons; total 418.-Nov. 3; total 78.-Nov. 4, 114 hares, 29 pheasants, 12 partridges, 178 rabbits, 6 woodcocksi total 339.—Nov. 5, 1 hare, S2 partridges; total 33.-Nov. 7, 203 hares, 28 pheasants, 19 partridges, 185 rabbits, 4 woodcocks, 6 wood-pigeons; total 145.-Nov. 8, 62 partridges; total 62.-Nov. 9, 4 hares, 2 pheasants, 69 partridges, 4 rabbits, 1 snipe; total 80.-Nov. 10, 147 hares, 27 pheasants, 11 partridges, 123 rabbits, S woodcocks; total 316.-Nov. 11, 86 hares, 9 pheasants, 31 partridges, 7 rabbits, 2 wood-pigeons, 2 snipes; total 137.— Nov. 12, 6 hares, 7 pheasants, 78 partridges, 2 rabbits; total 93.-Nov. 14, 84 hares, 34 pheasants, 34 rabbits, 9 woodcocks; total 161.- Nov. 15, 70 hares, 15 pheasants, 9 partridges, 51 rabbits; total 145.-Nov. 17, 25 hares, 10 pheasants, 6 partridges, 36 rabbits, 2 woodcocks; total 79. - GRAND TOTAL: 1181 Hares, 214 Pheasants, 350 Partridges, 883 Rabbits, 30 Woodcocks, 12 Wood-pigeons, 3 Snipes-2863. In December, 1808, at Gipping, near Stowmarket, the Seat of Sir JOHN SHELLY, 91 Hares, 64 Pheasants, and 101 Rabbits, were killed in one Day, by seven Gentlemen. In 1810, by the same Number of Shooters, were killed, 107 Pheasants, 100 Hares, and 96 Rabbits. The Duke of RUTLAND, at Chevely Park, attended only by his Gamekeeper, shot One hundred and nine head of Game; On the following Day, all the Sporting Gentlemen, and Park-keepers, went out, and killed as much Game, as filled FOUR ONE-HORSE CARTS. The whole was dressed, on the Day of the grand Jubilee. The same Year were shot, from September the 21st, to November the 1st, at Cheveley, in Cambridgeshire, 1310 Partridges, 162 Pheasants, 361 Hares, 196 Rabbits.— Total, 2036. In 1810, the Earl of JERSEY and some Friends, shot at Osterly Park, Fifty brace of Pheasants, and One Hundred Hares. In 1811, the Chasse at Holkham, in Norfolk, when Earl MOIRA, and several other Shots of Distinction, were down on a Visit to Mr. COKE, produced to the Game-larder, within six Days, the following enormous list of Slaughter, A ROYAL DUKE, was one of the above destructive Corps, but being of the military Order, his Return, or rather the Return made for him, was of a different Kind, viz. Wounded on the Head of a Friend 1 Hat. Ditto on the left Rump 1 Horse! The Duke of NEWCASTLE, accompanied by two Gentlemen, in Manton woods, near Bawtry, killed in one Forenoon, 36 Hares, 35 Cock Pheasants, 18 Rabbits, and 1 Woodcock. His GRACE is famous for a Breed of Spaniels, which were presented to one of his Ancestors, when in FRANCE, by the Duke DE NOAILLES. Confined to QUADRUPEDS, this is by no means an indifferent Sample. At a great Hunt, which took place in 1810, at Schorndorf, in SUABIA, 94 Stags, 210 Roe-bucks, 148 wild Boars, 26 Foxes, and 14 Hares, were killed. On the 28th of January, 1812, JOHN MOSELEY, Esq. of Tofts, NORFOLK, accompanied by eight Friends, within five Hours, shot 8 Partridges, 12 Hares, 1 Woodcock, 28 Rabbits, 275 Pheasants.-TOTAL 325, notwithstanding nearly Six hundred Pheasants, had before been bagged, on that Manor only. The following is a List of Game, &c. shot this Season, (1812,) upon the Manor of Riddlesworth, in NORFOLK, the Residence of THOMAS THORNHILL, Esq. Hares, 574; Partridges, 725; Pheasants, 701; Rabbits, 492; Snipes, 49; Woodcocks, 6; TOTAL, 2548. About 3000 Rabbits have also been killed by the Keepers, with Nets, Props, &c. The foregoing REGISTERS, manifest the Care necessary, in rearing in rearing and defending Game, from the Devastation occasioned, by Vermin and Poachers, and to supply the Numbers, which are essential to be killed, to bring a Manor into decent Repute. The following, shews the Reward held out, for the most expert in this Science of Preservation. At the annual Meeting of the GAMEKEEPERS of the County of SUFFOLK, on the Ninth of December, 1811, at BURY, for the purpose of awarding a large Silver Powder Flask, to the KEEPER, who should produce the Certificates, for the greatest Quantity of Hares, Pheasants, and Partridges, shot at, as well as killed, during any six Days, from the Eighth of October, to the Eighth of December, RICHARD SHARNTON delivered Vouchers for the following List, and obtained the Flask. The Prize is given, upon a Comparison of the Sport, estimating the Number of Guns, and the Extent of Land in strict Preserve. SHARNTON'S List, averaged three Guns, and his Extent of Preserve, four Thousand Acres. SHARNTON afterwards produced the Account of the Vermin, and Birds of Prey, that he had destroyed, in the last 12 Months. He has but two Under-keepers. In November the same Year, upon Notice that several NOBLEMEN and GENTLEMEN, Proprietors and Renters, of Manors and Estates, in the Western parts of SUFFOLK, had entered into an Association, for the Protection of the GAME on their Lands. In the same Newspaper, which |