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knows the covers and the particular spots on the marshes 

 frequented by the long-bills will have good sport, while 

 the man who does not know the ground will probably 

 come home with an empty bag. The knowledge cannot 

 be picked up second-hand, as there are very few men in 

 the province who shoot snipe and cock. 



Partridge shooting is a more common occupation. 

 There is not much similitude between the sport as prac- 

 tised in New Brunswick and in England. On the 1st of 

 September, when the English sportsman is in the turnips 

 and stubble, the New Brunswick " pattridge gunner " 

 may be seen leisurely driving in his waggon along an 

 unfrequented wood road, while his little dog roams the 

 woods around. Here a steady set, a neat right-and-left 

 shot, and the first birds of the season are brought to 

 bag ; there an exceeding yelping warns our gunner that 

 partridge have been " treed," and, leaving his well-trained 

 nag to stand on the road, he snatches up his gun and runs 

 through the woods to the spot where his noisy cur is 

 located. By dint of some peering about, he discovers his 

 game seated on a branch and clucking like a hen ; boldly 

 he advances, and when within ten or fifteen yards 

 distance takes steady aim and knocks its head off, then 

 fights with his faithful hound for the mutilated remains. 

 In England the " partridge " is a partridge, in Canada it 

 is a grouse. 



There are two sorts of so-called partridge in Canada, 

 and of these the " birch" (Tetrao Umbellus) is the better 

 bird for the pot, and the more numerous. For these 

 reasons it is known as the " pattridge " in contradistinc- 

 tion to the "spruce partridge" (T. Canadensis). The 



