The game birds and wild fowl of Sweden and Norway : together with an account of the seals and salt-water fishes of those countries / by L. Lloyd.

  • Llewelyn Lloyd
Date:
1867
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: The game birds and wild fowl of Sweden and Norway : together with an account of the seals and salt-water fishes of those countries / by L. Lloyd. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    were too open to alford tlie Capcrcali adequate protection,” Ids Lordship declined my odor. For a long while no one would move in the matter, hut at length, in the autumn of 1836, the late Sir Thomas Fowell Buxton, then recently returned from Tay- mouth Castle, where he had. been much struck with the great capabilities of the woods for the naturalization of the Capercali, took up the affair in good earnest, and, as with everything else in which.his energetic mind M^as engaged, with the determination of carrying it through if possible. “ Influenced by the desire, in which I am sure yon will concur,” so he wrote to me, ‘Ito introduce these noble birds into Scotland, coupled with that of making Lord Breadalbane some return for his recent kindness to me, I request you to procure for his Lordship, at whatever cost, the requisite number.” He at the same time placed his head keeper at my disposal—no slight sacrifice for a Norfolk game preserver. It was, indeed, an onerous com- mission, as prior to this time it had 'bee,n a matter of dififi- culty to procure even a brace of living Capercali in Swe- den ; but by distributing placards throughout the country offering ample rewards, and by instructing the peasants how to knot their snares so as not to kill the birds, mv object was at length gained, and within a few months of the receipt of the Baronet’s letter, twenty-nine Capercali, followed up shortly afterwards by twenty more, were on their way from Sweden to Taymouth Castle, and with the exception of a single one killed by accident, all reached their destination in safety. The arrival of this magnificent collection in Scotland created quite a sensation ; every one was delighted that matters had thus far gone well, and no one more so than Sir Fowell, who addressed to me a letter on the occasion, somewhat too complimentary for ]mhlication. Again : In September 1837, not very long after the
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