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5. Woods with some clusters of dark-foliaged firs 

 for pheasants to roost in, though the covers be chiefly 

 composed of hard-wood trees. 



6. Undergrowth in the woods ; or your game and 

 rabbits will pop out into the fields as you or the 

 beaters walk into covert. 



7. A level country for marking where the game 

 alights ; especially when partridge shooting, or when 

 driving partridges, if it is necessary to do so. 



8. Thick hedges for partridges and pheasants to 

 nest in. 



9. Plenty of tillage and turnips ; turnips are as 

 useful as woods to shelter pheasants in during the 

 autumn ; and without root crops partridge shooting is 

 seldom satisfactory. 



10. Some young plantations ; all game delight in 

 these, and if there are woodcock in the country you 

 will always find they prefer new woods to old ones. 



AVOID AN ESTATE 



1. With clay land, especially wet sticky clay. The 

 former is bad enough, but the latter is poison to game. 



2. In a hilly country. Hills conceal poachers; 

 and though it is all very fine to talk of high birds, 

 they can be too high amongst hills, and you cannot 

 easily follow or mark birds when they fly over hills. 



3. That is detached or has a long and narrow 



