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faft down to the Earth two or three fathom from the 

 Net •, and let the ftake which ftaketh down the Cord 

 (land in a dired and even line with the lower Verge of 

 the Net, the diftance ftil! obferved : then the other 

 end of the Cord, which muft be at leaft ten or twelve 

 fathom long, the Fowler fhall hold in his hand at the 

 uttermoft diftance aforefaid, where he ftiall make fome 

 artificial (belter either of Grafs, Sods, Earth, or fuch 

 like matter, whereby he may lie out of the fight of the 

 Fowl. 



Obferve to let the Net lie fo ready for the Game, 

 that upon the leaft pull it may rife from the Earth and 

 fly over. 



Strew over all your Net, as it lies upon the ground, 

 fome Grafs, that you may hide it from the Fowl. It 

 will not be amifs ( but altogether requifite ) to ftakt* 

 jdown near your Net a live Hern, or fome other Fowl' 



/formerly taken, for a Stale. When you obferve a com- 

 petent number of Fowl come within the verge of your 

 Net, then draw your Cord fuddenly, and fo caft the 

 Net over them : Continue thus doing till the Sun be 

 near an hour high, and no longer i for then their fee- 

 ding is over for that time i and fo do at Evening from 

 about Sun-fet till Twilight. By this means you may not 

 only take great quantities of larger Wild-fowl, but alfo 

 Tlover , jwhich takes his food as much from Land as 

 Water. 



How to take fma/l Water-fowl with Nets. 



LEt your Nets be made of the fmalleft and ftrongeft 

 packthread, and the Mefties nothing near fo big 

 as thofe for the greater Fowl, about two foot and a 

 half or three foot deep? line thefe Nets on both fides 

 with falfo Nets, every Mefti being about a foot and 



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