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the rest on to the ''only place they cotild 

 have gone to," where the more favourable 

 ground enabled a fairly satisfactory toll to 

 be taken. Had it not been for the dreadful 

 nature of the undergrowth, and the extreme 

 difficulty of shooting when up to the armpits 

 in brambles, that little ''woolly" dell might 

 have been the scene of most commendable 

 bags. Subsequently snipe were always there 

 after the marsh had been shot over, never, 

 as I proved, before. But it had taken me 

 three years to find it out. 



If shooting down the wind cannot be man- 

 aged, naturally the next best thing is to walk 

 across it, and it will be found that this will 

 be possible on by far the greater portion of 

 your daily round. But here, too, there are 

 pros and cons to be considered. Will it be 

 better to proceed with the wind blowing 

 across your path from left to right or from 

 right to left } In the first case you will 

 have to shoot at the snipe flying to your 

 left, in the latter to your right. To me per- 

 sonally the former direction is the easier, but 



