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NO. I. 



The plan shows preserve for 

 breeding partridges, and boxes for 

 shooting, numbered i, 2, 3, 4, 5, &c. 

 It is situated in the midst of large 

 fields, and surrounded by a natural 

 thorn fence. Roughly speaking, 

 it is 500 yards long by no wide. 



' A ' marks the site of a tall 

 tree which serves as a good land- 

 mark for the beaters. 



' B ' marks an artificial pool, 

 where a constant supply of water 

 is kept in the summer. 



The shading 



indicates cover for the birds formed Z 

 by privet, box, and yew also arti- 

 chokes 



The shading 



shows cultivated portion, which is 

 sown with buckwheat, mustard, 

 and barley. 



The boxes, i, 2, 3, &c., are 

 formed of growing fir. 



The driving to the preserves 

 may be by a circle (the Hungarian 

 method) or by half-circle, bringing 

 up beaters in two divisions. 



THORN 



T-. Scale 1 8 in. to one mile 



r IG. 14 



PLAN OF PARTRIDGE PRESERVES, LAID OUT IN 1892, ON THE ESTATE 

 OF H.R.H. THE PRINCE OF WALES AT SANDRINGHAM 



