152 GAME! PRESERVERS AND BIRD PRESERVERS. 



over dogs. Thougli wild, and seldom rising 

 within thirty yards, they were still to be got 

 when driven into the heather, and they made 

 a nice addition to the winter shooting. 



We seldom shot a bird till November. 

 Partridges require protection nearly as much as 

 grouse. They do not seem to be plentiful on 

 the Continent generally, and though they and 

 pheasants might be eaten in millions by men in 

 most parts of Europe, their management is so 

 little understood that tliey are comparatively 

 rare. • 



It is perhaps also caused a little by the idea 

 that if these birds are preserved hares and 

 rabbits must also be preserved, and these do 

 serious damage to the farmer and injure the 

 cause of game-preserving all over the world. 



The partridge loves cultivated land. In 

 Europe, Asia, and Africa he finds it out and 

 comes to it, and instead of being encouraged is 

 generally exterminated. Yet he is a friend to 

 the farmer, eating millions of the most destruc- 



