284 PHEASANTS 



I may add that the discovery of this rise was a 

 fluke. We had a place bushed on the hill below 

 the rushes, but the birds went straight over my 

 bushing into the present stop. This was the 

 making of the rise, as the pheasants are now very 

 high, I think one could say with truth that the 

 first fifty are out of shot altogether. The only 

 disadvantage this — our best and highest rise — has, 

 is that one cannot always make use of it in times 

 of enforced economy, for it is a ^big undertaking 

 getting the birds up there, and not worth while 

 unless there are plenty of them. 



These notes seem clearly to fulfil their 

 purpose — the indication of general prin- 

 ciples as applied in practice, and there 

 seems little advantage in going any more 

 closely into the details of the keeper's 

 part of the work. All these have to be 

 settled on the ground, and no keeper is 

 likely to seek the advice of a book as to 

 how he should place his stops or use his 

 flags. 



Undercover for flushing spots is often 

 a difficulty, and where the natural growth 

 is thin, the ground may have to be 

 heavily * bushed* before it will serve its 

 purpose. Natural undercover is always 



