THE HAZEL GROUSE 8i 



mistakable by its triangular head (the 



crest gives it this appearance), quietly 



seated, though with every sense alert, on 



the limb of some tree. Then if the pot is 



empty, or the camp menu requires variety, 



you will "down" him ruthlessly, as Sir 



Henry advises. Being, however, as you 



may be, a beginner at the game, you 



endeavour to approach nearer. All at 



once the bird is gone ! You heard the 



whirr of his wings, but you saw nothing, 



for he kept the big beech tree between 



you and him. With beaters it is another 



matter. If the guns are posted in the 



wood itself, and that wood be fairly open — 



a beech wood, for instance — you will get 



shooting, and every bird killed will send 



a virtuous glow dow^n your back. But I 



venture to prophesy that there will be a 

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