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poachers in the cider counties, well aware of this, 

 make frequent use of the apple pummice. 



The three sorts of deer common in Great Britain are the 

 FALLOW, already mentioned (cervus dama le dain) ; the RED, 

 or Stag (cervus elephas le cerf); and the ROEBUCK (cervus 

 capreolus le chevreuil). 



The two last are now chiefly confined to the high- 

 lands of Scotland. The latter of them, being very 

 small, is generally killed with common large shot. 

 The sportsmen place themselves at the leeward end 

 of a long wood, or planting^ which the keepers go 

 round for a great distance, in order to draw regularly 

 down the whole range of coverts. By this means 

 the hares and roes are at last driven out before the 

 guns. 



With regard to red deer, I regret to say, that I 

 have never had any opportunity of shooting them, 

 and therefore I should be a quack to pretend giving 

 instructions on the subject. I do not, however, abuse 

 it because I am ignorant of it f on the contrary, I 

 should conceive it to be most noble sport. 



DIVERS. 



To shoot a diver, when he is fishing up'a creek at 

 low water, contrive to get your boat below him ; as, 

 although he will perhaps rather dive close by you 

 than suffer himself to be hunted up to a shallow 

 place, yet he will, at last, be so much in need of 

 breath, that, by firing the instant he comes up y you 



