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squirrel that lie had ' treed,' ordered a servant of ours to 

 row across tlie lake and slioot the animal, otherwise it fl'as 

 feared the dog- would remain there the whole night. But 

 liow astonished were we wlien the man returned to find 

 that, instead of a squirrel, he had shot a half-grown Blaek- 

 Cock, which had sat to the dog for ahoiit six hours." 



As, however, the manner in which the Black-Cock is 

 shot to the " Fogel-Hund " is verv similar to that usual 

 with the Capercali, I shall refrain from troubling the 

 reader with further details on the subject. 



In the early part of t! e season many Black-Cock also 

 fall to the gun by " Laek,'^ or by the fowler imitating the 

 call-note of the old bird, or of the poults, as the case may 

 require, which brings them witliin reach of his piece. 

 But as operations are conducted in a very similar manner 

 as with the Capercali (see page 60), it would only be 

 waste of time were I to enter into particulars; sufllice it 

 to say, that, with the Black-Cock, it is not needful for the 

 man to wait so long after Hushing the brood as with the 

 Capercali; and that he should avoid concealing himself 

 in too thick cover, because the Grey-Hen, unlike the 

 Capercali hen, which generally flies from tree to tree, 

 almost invariably keeps to the ground wlien making her 

 approaches towards the ambush. 



In early autumn, moreover, the Stlck-Ndt, spoken of 

 at page 61, is frequently used by the fowler to circumvent 

 the Black-Cock. But, as Ekstrom is even more versed in 

 poaching matters than myself, it may be best to quote 

 wiiat he says on the subject : — 



""When the 'pack' is flushed and dispersed by the 

 dog, the jagare, after waiting a while, begins to ' lacka,' 

 and continues so doing until the old bird responds, and 

 thus makes known to him her whereabouts. In all 

 silence he then places four ' Stick-Nat ' between her and 

 himself, and after retiring about one hundred paces begins 



