GERMANY i6i 



ring. In large shoots an oblong rectangle is formed, one narrow side 

 open or closed by some natural obstacle. The two longer sides consist 

 of beaters and the opposite narrow side of guns. The whole slowly 

 moves forward towards the end, which is soon closed by the wings of 

 beaters. The sportsmen shoot while slowly walking, generally accom- 

 panied by a loader, a few boys to retrieve, and two men to carry 

 the game. Stationary drives, like English grouse-drives, are not 

 much resorted to in the open, but are a necessity, of course, in 

 woodland. This forest-driving gives a good deal of sport ; game 

 is not so plentiful, but it is more careful and cunning and difficult to 

 shoot, darting about in the bushes and across narrow paths. In well- 

 conducted shoots the shooting of other game is generally prohibited 

 for the day, and the scene is varied by the appearance of roe, 

 stags, and even boar. 



Rabbits are met with in most places, but they are not protected 



or bred, for they are not considered oood eatinof. 



^ ^ ^ Rabbit. 



r'errets are often used to thin them down. 



Partridges are found nearly everywhere, their distribution following 



about the same rules as that of the hare. They are shot in August 



and September. On a few large properties (as those of 



Count Zschirschky Renard in Gross Strehlitz) driving Partridges 



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m the iinglish way is not unknown, but the regular Dog-s 



German way is to walk them up with dogs, generally 

 one dog to every gun, that acts as pointer and retriever alike. English 

 pointers and retrievers were largely introduced thirty or forty years 

 ago, but as the average German hunter is not, like his colleague 

 in England, rich enough to keep a variety of dogs and men, and 



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