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pretty sure to follow its example. Should there hi- t\\<> 

 jiigare in company, and each provided with a stalking- 

 horse, matters are greatly facilitated. With the aid of 

 my keeper," so the Count tells us in conclusion, " I one 

 autumn thus captured upwards of four hundred 1'artridges,* 

 and this notwithstanding we aluays set at liberty the old 

 hirds and a pair of the young om 



The Partridges thus taken in the "Uyssja." or in 

 the other nets described and intended to be kept alive 

 as a supply for the table during the winter, or as breeding 

 stock to be turned out again in the spring are eonf'med 

 in a loft or other suitable place, the floor of whieli should 

 be strewed with coarse sand. If there be a glazed 

 window, it ought to be covered over with sacking, whieh 

 partially excludes the light, and prevents them from 

 flying against the glass and injuring themselves. Some, 

 indeed, to guard against a similar danger, hang matting 

 at a little distance from the walls. The birds are fed 

 on barley, and other kinds of grain, and are constantly 

 supplied with fresh water and juniper bushes; as they 

 not only nestle under them, but feed on their berries. 

 They should never be without a heap of sand in which 

 to dust themselves. 



The winter over and the snow gone, such of the 

 captives as have escaped the cook are turned out in 

 pairs in the places where it is wished they should locate 

 themselves. Various expedients are adopted to pi-event 

 their wandering. Some, we are told, smear their bodies 

 with a composition of ashes, which disables them for 

 several days from flying; others phuk out one or two of 

 the pinion feathers to prevent them from straying; whilst 



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