284 PARTRIDGES 



is for the native to fancy that he alone 

 knows all about the peculiar race of 

 partridges that live at Snoozleby, or 

 whatever his place may be called. The 

 victim of this delusion will read all the 

 collected wisdom of the experts on the 

 subject, and then, without putting their 

 precepts into practice, will confidently 

 assure you that "It's all very well for 

 those fellows in Norfolk and Cambridge, 

 where they have enumerating a list 

 of supposititious advantages denied to 

 Snoozleby but it can't be done here ; I 

 know what our ground is, and I know what 

 our partridges can do" (they always fly 

 farther or run faster than any one else's 

 birds, or else just put their foot down and 

 decline to be driven). 



There certainly are a few, very few, 

 countries where partridges can hardly 

 be driven to advantage, and then the 

 reason is patent and needs no explanation. 

 Not every type of country can be driven 

 with the same success, but almost every 

 stretch of arable land well handled can 



