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turnips will be a shelter for your partridges, as that 

 Swedes will attract hares, and strong furze be the means 

 of preserving game of every description. 



I may add, that woodcocks have been often collected 

 together by decayed apples. This discovery was first 

 made in consequence of their having frequented the 

 orchards in some parts of Dorsetshire, where they have 

 appeared in numbers, and are called " ditch-owls." 



In the three last editions, I observed, that there re- 

 mained much to be done for the effectual preservation 

 of game, to which the legislature would no doubt at- 

 tend, when matters of more serious consideration were 

 happily adjusted ; and the game laws would, in all pro- 

 bability, undergo the improvement, for which there was 

 (and as yet is) ample scope. Let us, therefore, still 

 hope that something will be done in parliament. In 

 the mean time, I shall hereafter take the liberty of in- 

 troducing a few observations on the subject, under the 

 head of " Game Laws." 



