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will follow, as long as there is any ; from whence you 

 should drive them with beagles, waiting for them at the 

 gates, &c. After the corn is cut, they go to the turnips 

 and stubbles, where you will generally find them about 

 a hundred yards from the sides, some in the fences, c. 

 In wet weather they lie on the hills, and in dry weather 

 in the valleys. In their breeding time they like damp 

 grounds, as it cools them. 



Quails you will find in the stubbles; rails in the stand- 

 ing barleys, clovers, &c. ; and woodcocks by the sides 

 of the rides, walls, rotten banks, and ponds, in cover : 

 where, when you are beating for them, boys should be 

 placed on trees, to mark : if you wish not to disturb the 

 game, have some to brush, or close-mouthed dogs, which 

 they do not much mind. 



DEER-SHOOTING. 



DEER-STALKING, as a wild sport, is, among us, so much 

 confined to the remote districts of Scotland, and, even 

 there, so dependent upon circumstances wholly local, 

 that it is not considered necessary to enter into its details 

 in this epitomised volume. In shooting park deer, (an 

 operation generally delegated to the gamekeeper,) he 

 should be careful to ascertain their ages, and whether 

 they be in high condition or not : particularly if the does 

 be wet or dry. He should never shoot end-ways. A 

 buck should be shot through the head ; a doe through 

 the shoulder, as a bloody shoulder is held in high esti- 



