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wanderings was a particle of fond within reach, owing to the 

 depth of snow and the hedgerows being solely stone walls. 

 It struck us then what a wearisome hunt the birds must 

 have had before obtaining any breakfast that day. If they 

 went the same course next day, they had not far to go on 

 an empty stomach. In the matter of shelter but little can 

 be done, as, except under the most peculiar circumstances, 

 partridges should always be able to find shelter. Faggots 

 of brush wood set up in (( stook " fashion provide the most 

 suitable protection for these birds. 



Disease sometimes makes its appearance among the 

 partridges, particularly in wet seasons, when they suffer 

 considerably. Tapeworm will affect them, and kill off a 

 small percentage, and the presence of these animals within 

 the body quickly reduces the birds to very poor condition, 

 so much so as to render them unfit for table purposes. 

 Whence tapeworm is acquired by partridges we cannot tell, 

 but no doubt some of our learned scientists are familiar 

 with its life history. The information obtainable from them 

 as to its prevention would probably be either impracticable 

 or ridiculous. Moreover, individual birds are first found to 

 be suffering from the malady when either shot or discovered 

 lying dead in the fields. 



Another disease which, seemingly, hand-reared partridges 

 alone suffer from is roup. It is evidently a different form 

 of that malady from the one which occasionally decimates 

 the broods of young pheasants, as young partridges still 

 under coop rarely suffer from, and scarcely ever die in 

 consequence. While, on the other hand, fully matured 

 birds acquire it, and ofttimes die off by dozens. The most 



