BRINGING PHEASANTS TO THE GUNS 301 



a bit of paper or feathers tied into it at every 5 yards or less. 

 The whole is then lodged upon sticks stuck into the ground. If 

 one end is given to a man, he can by jerking the string turn 

 back large numbers of pheasants ; but care is necessary to ensure 

 that the sticks are flexible, and that the string is firmly fixed to 

 the tops of them. The object is that the feathers or paper may 

 dance when one end of the string is pulled. 



A succession of small rises throughout the length of a 

 covert can be arranged, by fixing at intervals short nets set up 

 in the form of a V, with the opening towards the beaters. 



