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SECTION XII. 



On several Kinds of Game. Diversions : Fox- 



hunting, 



THE amusement of shooting (which is 

 called gunning) will give but little pleasure 

 to an English sportsman, as there is very 

 little of what is termed game to be found 

 in any part of America I visited. 



The partridge is a small bird, about the 

 size of the quail in England; and is common- 

 ly brought alive to market, as young chick- 

 ens are in England, which in flavour 'it re- 

 sembles more than any other thing. Par- 

 tridges are chiefly taken by negroes, who 

 have a device for snaring whole coveys to- 

 gether, in a box. 



The pheasant is about the size of the 

 English partridge, and tastes more like 

 game than the American partridge. Their 

 woodcocks are smaller than ours ; the snipe. 



