TO TAKE WOODCOCKS BY DRAW-NETS, ETC. 91 



Stop all other places, by which they can come at the 

 bank of the ditch, from 2 X as far as A Z, with broom 

 and the like things, and on the fairest bank make a 

 small hedge, 2, Y, P, 3, M, N, about five or six inches 

 high, and about half a foot distant from the water ; but 

 in this hedge leave gaps at the distance of about five or 

 six feet from each other, more or less, according to the 

 extent of the place. These passes are denominated by 

 the letters P, 3, M, N, where the snares or springes are 



laid. Those who follow this sport, fix at the edge of 

 the gap, five inches high, and not so thick as a man's 

 little finger, and within half a foot of the other side of 

 the pass, a small bow., two or three fingers high, which 

 forms, as it were, a round gate or door facing the 

 stick A. 



Then have a small wooden flat crochet, seven or eight 

 inches long, with a notch in it, near the end R, which 

 put into the stick A, and the other end pass under the 



