86 TO TAKE WOODCOCKS BY DRAW-NETS, ETC. 



little distance from the trees. You should always have 

 in readiness a good store of pulleys or buckles, made of 

 box, brass, or the like, which should be about the 

 size of a man's finger, according to the form designed 

 by the second figure, and fasten one at each end of the 

 perches or logs, G and H. Having tied your pulleys 

 marked 3 to the two branches, with a cord of the 

 thickness of the little finger, then tie another knot in it, 

 about the distance of a hand's breadth from the knot 

 marked 4, and so let the two ends of the cord 5 and 6 

 hang down about a foot long each, that you may fasten 

 them to the pulleys, which are at the end of the perches 

 or logs, as represented by the letters I and L, close to the 

 notches of the perches G and H. These notches serve to 

 hinder the pulleys from descending lower than the place 

 where you would have them remain. Then insert into 

 each pulley a small packthread, and let the end of each 

 reach to the foot of the trees, that by the help of them 

 you may draw up two stronger cords into the same 

 pulleys where you hang the net, without being always 

 forced to climb up into the tree : these latter you may 

 let remain, provided you live among honest neighbours. 

 The last thing to be provided is a spot where you may 

 lie concealed, and wait for the coming of the wood- 

 cocks; it matters not on which side, provided it be 

 forty or fifty feet from the middle of the net, as at the 

 place marked R. About half a dozen boughs of the 

 height of a man interwoven may serve for a stand. 

 You may sit upon a little haulm or fern, and at three 



