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The Journal of a Disappointed Man
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W. N. P. Barbellion
6
PART
I--THE
JOURNAL
BEGINS
WHEN
ITS
AUTHOR
IS
A
LITTLE
OVER
13
YEARS
OLD.
[The
Following
are
Selected
Entries.]
1903
January
3.
Am
writing
an
essay
on
the
life-history
of
insects
and
have
abandoned
the
idea
of
writing
on
"How
Cats
Spend
their
Time."
January
17.
Went
with
L----
out
catapult
shooting.
While
walking
down
the
main
road
saw
a
Goldfinch,
but
very
indistinctly--it
might
not
have
been
one.
Had
some
wonderful
shots
at
a
tree
creeper
in
the
hedge
about
a
foot
away
from
me.
While
near
a
stream,
L----
spotted
what
he
thought
to
be
some
Wild
Duck
and
brought
one
down,
hitting
it
right
in
the
head.
He
is
a
splendid
shot.
We
discovered
on
examining
it
that
it
was
not
Wild
Duck
at
all
but
an
ordinary
tame
Wild
Duck--a
hen.
We
ran
away,
and
to-night
L----
tells
me
he
saw
the
Farmer
enter
the
poulterer's
shop
with
the
bird
in
his
hand.
January
19.
Went
to
A----
Wood
with
S----
and
L----.
Saw
a
Barn
Owl
(Strix
flammea)
flying
in
broad
daylight.
At
A----
Woods,
be
it
known,
there
is
a
steep
cliff
where
we
were
all
out
climbing
to
inspect
and
find
all
the
likely
places
for
birds
to
build
in,
next
spring.
S----
and
I
got
along
all
right,
but
L----,
being
a
bit
too
careless,
let
go
his
hold
on
a
tree
and
fell
headlong
down.
He
turned
over
and
over
and
seemed
to
us
to
pitch
on
the
back
of
his
neck.
However,
he
got
up
as
cheerfully
as
ever,
saying,
"I
don't
like
that--a
bit
of
a
nasty
knock."
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