The Diary of Colonel Peter Hawker, 1802-1853 Volume 2

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1893 edition. Excerpt: ... No shooting for anyone on the coast this winter, and out only a few days in September, my health being very bad. Scarcely a gunner on the coast killed a dozen wild fowl all this cruel bad season. SEASON 43 1844-1845. Sept. 1 to Sept. 1. A very long and yet not a brilliant season at Keyhaven. 1 All I set eyes on.!No time for game shooting in September. 3 Had very little time for game shooting this season. SEASON 44 1845-1846. Sept. 1 to Sept. 1.. 157 I Rabbits3 4 Snipes 21 Total... 202 Such an unprecedented scarcity of wild fowl at Keyhaven on the coast that I would not disgrace myself by putting a great gun afloat. A general complaint all over England that there were no wild fowl, woodcocks, snipes, and other winter birds this season. Partridges1 Pheasants8.... 2 Hares3 18 1 I was out but eleven half-days, and then too weak and unwell to fag as usual. All I saw. All I shot at. 1 No game shooting after September. 5 All I saw. All in September. 'All I saw. Partridges Pheasants 1 Landrail. Hares Rabbits. Snipes Brent geese Wild ducks A wretched season on the coast at Keyhaven. SEASON 48 1849-1850. Sept. 1 to Sept. 1. Wigeon. Tufted duck Teal Curlews Godwit Plover Dunlins Total The coast shooting now at Keyhaven is annihilated, and we have had a miserable game season, and the worst snipe shooting on record in spite of five weeks of hard winter weather. SEASON 49 1850-1851. Sept. 1 to Sept. 1. Wild duck.... 1 Tufted duck.... 1 Wigeon 2 Teal 1 Partridges Pheasants 1 Hares3. Rabbits. Snipes Total...155 As the coast was destitute of every kind of winter bird, I never went to Keyhaven this season. 1 All I saw. With the help of ' Siney ' and ' Charles Heath ' we made up to 53 hares this season, the most ever killed here for many years....