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the young ones answer back unto them again, 

 and so from that sound direct your path as 

 near as you can to the place where they are, 

 lying down so close that you may not be dis- 

 cerned, by which means you will know 

 where they meet. 



But the most certain means of finding 

 them out, is to have a natural pheasant's 

 call, which you must learn how r to use, un- 

 derstanding all their notes, and how to apply 

 them ; for they have several notes, and all. 

 different : one to cluck them together, ano- 

 ther to chide them when they straggle too 

 far, a third to call them to meat when she 

 hath found it, a fourth to make them look 

 out for food themselves, and a fifth to call 

 them about her to sport withal. You use 

 your call in the morning early, at which 

 time they straggle abroad to find provender ; 

 or in the evening just about the sun-setting, 

 which is their time likewise for feeding. 



Now although these are the best times to 

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