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Thefe two laft named are infinitely delighted with 

 green Winter-corn , and therefore you (hall fee them 

 evermore where fuch Grain is fown , efpecialiy if the 

 ends of the Lands have much water about them. 



Like wife thefe fmaller Fowl do very much frequent 

 fmall Brooks, Rivers, Ponds, drowned Meadow?, Pa- 

 ftures, Moors, Plafhes, Meres, Loughs and Lakes, efpe- 

 cialiy if well ftored with lHands unfrequented, and well 

 furniflied with Shrubs , Ba(hes, Reeds, f^c. and then 

 they will breed there, and frequent fuch places both 

 Summer and Winter. 



The readieji way of taking great Fowl 

 with NETS. 



THe firrt thing you are to confider , is the making 

 of your Nets, which muft be of the beft Pack- 

 thread, with great and large Mefhes, at leaft two In- 

 ches from point to point : for the larger the Mefties 

 are, ( fo that the Fowl cannot creep through ther-D ) 

 the better it is » for they more certainly intangle 

 them. 



Let not your Nets be above two fathom deep, and 

 (ix in length , which is the greateft proportion that a 

 man is able to overthrow. Verge your Net on each 

 fide with very ftrong Cord, and extend it at each end 

 upon long Poles made for that purpofe. 



Having thus your Nets in readinefs, let the Fowler 

 obferve the haunts of Fowl, that is to fay, their Mor- 

 ning and Evening feedings, coming at lealt two hours 

 before thofe feafons j then fpreading his Net fmooth 

 and flat upon the ground, flaking the two lower ends 

 tirm thereon, let the upper ends ftand extended upon 

 the long Cord, the farther end thereof being ftaked 



fait 



