METHOD FOR TAKING SMALL BIRDS. 



they arc knocked down. A cross-bow, for this kind of 

 sport, is very useful, to shoot them as they sit. 



Some take great and small fowl by night, with a long 

 trammel-net, which is much like the net used for the 

 low-bell, both for shape, size, and mesh. This net is to 

 be spread upon the ground, and the nether or further 

 end being plumbed with small plummets of lead, should 

 lie close on the ground ; and, at the two foremost ends 

 -only, being borne up by men, let it trail along the 

 ground ; not suffering the enf whiej^ is borne up, to 

 come near the earth by at least a yajP^> At each end of 

 the net must be carried great blazing lights, as before 

 described ; and some men should be stationed by the 

 lights, with long poles, to raise up, the birds as they go, 

 and as they rise und^f the nets to take them. 



There are various ways of taking small birds, when 

 the ground is covered with snow; as the following, for 

 instance : Fix upon a place in your yard or garden, 



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