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country, flat or hilly, but prefer the latter. 
In winter, as the sportsman knows, they go 
on to stubbles to feed inthe afternoon. Their 
first meal is taken in the morning. Corn 
being nowadays cut by machinery it does not 
leave the cover for them that the old method 
of hand cutting used to do, nor is the same 
amount of wheat grains left in it. Poor 
women used once to be allowed to glean what 
they could after the corn was cut, but now- 
adays there is little to glean—and little for 
the birds. Partridges are very fond of clover 
and sainfoin. On September 1, the date on 
which their shooting opens, these are the places 
to find the English variety. They lie close 
here and afford good sport. When flushed from 
this (or other) cover they will often go into 
corn if it be at hand and still standing. Here 
they are safe for the time, as it would be dis- 
astrous to the wheat to follow them in it. 
If some stubble be left high on purpose, 
some of the birds will be sure to be found in 
it. They also hke the cover afforded by 
turnips and mangold wurzels, etc., and de- 
