2 SHECARRIES METHOD OF 



at each end,, they are then laid on the ground 

 at such a distance from one another,, that 

 when they are turned over they meet exactly ; 

 the space between them is strewed with grain ; 

 a line is fixed to each frame which is first run 

 through a loop or ring in the opposite frame; 

 at a little distance they unite into one string, 

 which is held by a Shecarrie, concealed with- 

 in green bushes, at the distance of thirty or 

 forty yards from the nets ; when he sees a great 

 many birds between the nets, he pulls the 

 string which turns the nets over, often inclos- 

 ing twenty or thirty birds at a time. 



They also have another method of catching 

 birds at such places. A line is fastened to the 

 ground, to which a great number of horse 

 hair nooses are fixed, so near, that when they 

 are spread, they almost touch one another. 

 This line for some distance is curved, and the 

 nooses are spread out on the ground ; some 

 grain is then thrown over them ; the Shecar- 

 rie holds the line in ambush, as on the former 

 occasion, and when the birds are eating the 



