RUFFED GROUSE. 73 



rior pleasure in making a mixed bag, now a mallard, 

 next a woodcock, perchance thirdly, a partridge, and 

 so forth loading your discharged barrel, scarcely 

 knowing at what description of game it will be used. 

 Yes, truly, constant novelty and change is a great 

 additional attraction even in field sports, and with 

 our demesnes, parks, and forests, inhabited by a 

 goodly number of both these varieties, the ruffed 

 grouse and American partridge, in addition to their 

 present tenants, the cravings of the most insatiable 

 ought to be satisfied ; and at a very trifling expense 

 and trouble these introductions could be accom- 

 plished. 



