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We passed some time on the plain, covered with halfeh, a kind of coarse grass, to the north of the convent; succeeded in getting some partridges to add to our water-fowl; and returned in the afternoon with a donkey-load of game to the boat. On the opposite side of the river there is some good ground for hare-shooting. We had been there before with success, and determined on a second visit.
My first expedition to the Tokay district was in the winter; I was then the guest of Baron V , who has a charming château, surrounded by an English garden, in this celebrated place of vineyards. In the winter there is a very fair amount of good sport in this part of Hungary. Sometimes one is enabled to go out hare-shooting in sledges; of course the horses' bells are removed on these occasions.
Our two guides, Ismaeen and Abd-el-Mahjid, had each a single-barrelled fowling-piece value from twenty-five to thirty shillings. They were both expert shots, as we had occasion to witness when we went hare-shooting with them. In fact, with their assistance, we had hare every day for dinner during our stay. They were very chary of their powder, and only fired when pretty sure of success.
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