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ing nearer and nearer to the place you heard them juck 

 in ; then cast your eye towards the furrows of the land, 

 and there you will soon find where the covey lies. 



The best, surest, and easiest way for finding par- 

 tridges, is by the call, having first learned their true 

 and natural notes, knowing how to tune every note to 

 its proper key, and applying them to their due times 

 and seasons. 



Being perfect herein, either mornings or evenings, (all 

 other times being improper,) go to their haunts, and 

 having concealed yourself in some secret place where 

 you may see and not be seen, listen awhile if you can 

 hear the birds call ; if you do, answer them again in 

 the same notes; and as they change or double their 

 notes, so must you in like manner: thus continue 

 till they draw nearer and nearer to you. Having them 

 in your view, lay yourself on your back and lie without 

 motion, by which means you may count their whole 

 number. 



VARIOUS WAYS OF TAKING PARTRIDGES. 



AMONG the many stratagems resorted to for taking 

 partridges, a singular method has been adopted by 

 some poachers, viz., to provide a setting-dog, upon the 

 head of which they fix a lantern, for the purpose of his 

 ranging the field in the night : on his stopping, the 

 poachers know where the partridges lie, and draw the 



