COURSING, ETC. Q6? 



still calling, but riot so loud , and as you 

 approach nearer to it, so will the pheasant 

 to you ; and as you alter your note, so will 

 the pheasant, which in all points you must 

 endeavour to imitate. In the end you will 

 v get sight, either on the ground or perch, 

 where you may have a good shot, or take it 

 as fancy leads you. At sun-set the greatest 

 part of them fly up into the long branches of 

 Oak trees, in order to roost all night, and' at 

 the time they do this they invariably make *a 

 noise, which is called cocketting, and that 

 in a greater degree during the winter season, 

 so that poachers w r ho lie in wait for them in 

 the evening, are warned by the noise of the 

 'place where they are perched, and when the 

 night is advanced repair under those trees 

 which the birds have chosen, and shoot them 

 with the greatest ease, for at this time the 

 "pheasant will permit them to c'Ome as near 

 as they please. 



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