TO TAKE WOODCOCKS BY DRAW-NETS, ETC. 



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fitable in such countries as are very woody, for you 

 sometimes may take a dozen of woodcocks in them. 



Suppose then that your range of wood be about three 

 hundred paces long, more or less. In some place 

 towards the middle, cut a walk through it, so that 

 there may be a space of twelve yards between the tree 

 A and the tree B, as above ; it must be well cleared, 

 and without trees, bushes, underwood or stones, and 

 twelve yards square ; then prune or cut off all the front 

 boughs of the two trees, A and B, to make way for the 

 net to hang and play without being entangled. The 

 next thing is, to provide two strong logs of wood, 

 which open or cleave at the biggest ends, as marked 

 C and D ; tie the middle parts fast to some boughs of 

 the tree, as the letters E and F direct, and let the tops 

 hang over, as G and H represent ; the next may be a 



