DENMARK loi 



at sunrise. Red-lettered in the sportsman's diary are the recollections 



of such an early summer morning", when nature wakes refreshed after 



the repose of the night, when the grass is beaded with glittering 



pearls of dew, and when the cautious, fleet buck puts great demands 



on the instincts of the sportsman, on his knowledge of the wood, and 



on his steady eye and hand. The buck may be shot from the middle 



of September to July the 15th ; the doe only up to January the ist. 



- Hare shooting takes place from September the 20th to December 



the 24th, and about coincides with the partridge season. These 



two kinds of game are, therefore, often shot together. 



Hare. 

 especially on larger shooting grounds and in places 



where the hares are not sufficiently numerous to be driven ; but by 



far the greater part are killed in drives at the end of October and 



commencement of November, when a bag of from one to two hundred 



in two days' shooting is not now uncommon. 



Contrary to the German fashion, the sportsmen are nearly always 

 placed in a line, or in an angle along a hedge or other natural cover, 

 aoainst which, or ao-ainst one side of which, the beaters advance 

 perpendicularly. A hare drive lasts from half an hour to three- 

 quarters, and on a good stand a sportsman often bags from ten to 

 fifteen hares. 



Partridge shooting, which lasts from September the 15th to 



December the ist, is probably the sport in Denmark which occupies 



people most, and oives occasion for most work. The 



^ ^ * Partridge. 



weather is discussed as to its good or bad influence on 



the breeding and fate of the young birds ; general concern is shown 



when the hay harvest disturbs and destroys many nests ; plans and 



