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camped cit, at least four men should be employed, all 

 armed v/itli bushes, and one of them at least mounted. 



Sometimes a bird will become frightened at a gate- 

 way, and will not pass it ; it should then be caught 

 by the neck by one man, another man on each side 

 seizing it and pushing it along, when it can be taken 

 anywhere. 



Hobbling and all other like practices are quite 

 unnecessary, and const^^ntly result in the serious in- 

 jury or death of the bird. The great secret is to tnke 

 things quietly, and never to gallop after a bird ; when he 

 " scricks " and runs away, if you can cut him off and 

 turn him, well and good ; but novices often gallop after 

 a bird, when the harder they gallop the harder the bird 

 goes and the gTeater fright he gets; whereas, if they 

 had got off their horses and lit their pipes first, they 

 would generally have found the bird had only gone a 

 short distance, and was waiting for them. 



Much harm is often done by impatience. Con- 

 stantly at first a bird w^ill not come through the gate 

 of its enclosure, and force is used, instead of coaxing ; 

 the bird is thus frightened, and gives much trouble. 



