An incident amusing enough to the onlookers but perhaps a trifle less enjoyable to one, at least, of the participators occurr the other afternoon. It seems that one of our rather ardent shootists was teking an airing on a remote part of the Bund, and to further while time away commenced firing with s small repeating rook-rifle at various seagull, Unfortunately a rather " fluke" objects floating past, and also at Ya) shot brought down one of the aforesaid birds in full view of a lady of the Irish PAM, to whom the difference between a 13-bore fowling piece and a 22-bore rook-rifle is an unknown quantity. I am pleased to say the unlucky delinquent stood the fire of denunciation humbly and respect-fille rye peoretly that a dissertation on the difficulty of hitting a bird on the wing with a single bullet would be tmintelligible, and after the vials of feminine and missionary wrath fully poured forth we all breathed again and strove to resume our former cheerful demeanour.
I would fike it to be clearly understood, however, that I am not in favour of the wanton killing for killing's sake of sea-birds or other of the non-game species, but when one considers that the chances a moderate shot has of bringing down a bird on the wing with a rook-rifle are as one in a hundred, the act referred to above can hardly be described as unsportsmanlike. The ladies, God bless them, are, we know a wee bit illogical and quite inconsistent enough, when 80 inclined, to class the deed Thave mentioned with the tying of tin cans to the tails of dogs and other varieties of torture, still, [have beside adeep admiration for the fair sex alike keen appreciation of outspoken conviction.
Tt is evident that ere long the feminine public lecturing element will bring its disturbing influence as far as the " Mudflats." Cut off'as we are from so many little trivoities that render life enjoyable, we have hitherto been in a position to congratulate ourselves on immunity from several social disadvantages.
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