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over the fields, and have as yet sprung but 

 a small quantity of game ; the scents of the 

 preceding night will also be more warm, and 

 the dogs will hit them off the better ; besides 

 if he is not early, he loses such opportuni- 

 ties of shooting as he will not meet with 

 again during the remainder of the day. 

 The colour of his dress, all the season 

 throughout, should be a mixture of green 

 and grey ; as by constant wearing it the green 

 will change to a fallow colour, or that re- 

 sembling the dead leaf. It is best to hunt 

 as much as possible with the wind, not only 

 to prevent the game from perceiving the ap- 

 proach of the sportsman and his dog, but 

 also to enable the latter to scent the game at 

 a greater distance. The shooter cannot al- 

 ways keep the advantage of the wind, when 

 therefore it is proposed to hunt any particu- 

 lar tract of country, in which game is ex- 

 pected to be found, it is highly necessary 

 to take the wind ; and it behoves the shooter 

 to range and quarter lus ground in such 

 manner and direction, as to preserve it ki 



