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

 row across the lake and shoot the animal, otherwise it was 

 feared the dog would remain there the whole night. But 

 how astonished were we when the man returned to find 

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

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



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

 shot to the " Fogel-Hund " is very 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 "Lack," or by the fowler imitating the 

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

 require, which brings them within 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 ; suffice it 

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

 man to wait so long after flushing 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 when making her 

 approaches towards the ambush. 



In early autumn, moreover, the Stick-Nat, 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 

 what he says on the subject : 



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

 dog, the jagare, alter 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 



