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his favour. The shooter should never be 

 discouraged from hunting and ranging the 

 same ground over and over again, especially 

 in places covered with heath, brambles, high 

 grass, or young coppice-wood ; a hare, par- 

 tridge, or pheasant, will frequently suffer him 

 to pass several times within a few yards with- 

 out getting up ; he should be still more pa- 

 tient when he has marked partridges into 

 such places, for it often happens, that after 

 the birds have been sprung many times, they 

 lay so dead that they suffer him almost to 

 tread upon them before they will rise. He 

 should always keep a sharp eye, and care- 

 fully look about him, never passing a bush 

 or tuft of grass without examination; it is 

 also proper to stop now and then ; this fre- 

 quently determines the game to spring, which 

 would otherwise have suffered him to pass. 

 So soon as he has fired he should call in his 

 dog, and make him lie down until he has re- 

 loaded his piece ; for without this precaution, 

 he will frequently have the mortification to 

 see the game rise when he cannot shoot. 



