CHAPTER XV. 



Tlio " Kiivs-Dnig.'' — Ekstnim's De.scriptioD. — The Ijark-jii[)e. — Shooting m 

 tlie Drug.- -The Poacher's Expedient. — Shooting with the Pointer. — 

 In Scania. — On the West Coast. — In tlie Island of Gotland. — In 

 Southern Europe. — Ti'ajis and Snares. 



Tj^EWEEi Woodcocks, in propoi'tion to their uumbors, 

 -■- are probably killed in Scandinavia than any other 

 bird coming under the denomination of g-amc ; and tliis 

 is easily accounted for, as, excepting during migration, 

 when they congregate to some extent in the more southern 

 parts of Sweden and Norway, it is hardly worth any one's 

 while to go expressly in search of them, owing to their 

 being so very thinly scattered over the country. 



The larger portion of those that arc killed are probably 

 shot during the pairing and breeding season at the 

 " Drag,"or " Boding-stand," recently mentioned, — a prac- 

 tice that we in England would look on as little better than 

 poaching. I myself, it is true, have occasionally taken 

 part in tlie amusement, and might therefore, from personal 

 experience, describe how matters are carried on ; but as 



