Quail Shooting 



keep cool ; and it is just as certain that 

 he must trust the carrying qualities 

 of his gun as well as his own ability 

 and the intelligence of his dog. If he 

 observes these rules, experience and 

 practice will do the rest. 



I hope I may be allowed to suggest 

 that both those who appreciate the 

 table qualities of the toothsome quail, 

 and those who know the keen enjoy- 

 ment and health-giving results of their 

 pursuit, should recognize it as quite 

 worth their while, and as a matter of 

 duty, to co-operate in every movement 

 having for its object the protection, 

 preservation and propagation of this 

 game. Our quail have many natural 

 enemies; they are often decimated by 

 the severity of winter, and there are 

 human beings so degraded and so lost 

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