100 METHOD FOR TAKING SMALL BIRDS. 



lifted up high enough to enable you to take the birds : 

 tie the net to these poles, beginning with the two cor- 

 ners at the two small ends ; tie the other two corners 

 as far as you can towards the two thick ends of the 

 poles ; fasten packthreads all along at both the sides, 

 or two or three places, to each. There must be three 

 persons employed, one to carry the net, another the 

 light, and a third a long pole. 



As soon in the night as you have got to the place 

 whither you think the birds are retired, having found a 

 bush, or kind of thicket, the net must be unfolded, and 

 pitched the height of the bush. It must be so arranged, 

 that it be placed between the wind and the birds ; for 

 it is the nature of all birds to roost with their breasts 

 against the wind. The person with the lighted torch 

 must stand behind the middle of the net, and the third 

 must beat the bushes on the other side of the hedge, 

 and drive the birds towards the light. 



In great timber woods, under which holly-bushes 

 grow, birds usually roost ; and there good store of game 

 is to be met with. 



By this way twenty or thirty dozen birds have been 

 taken in one night. 



This sport is always better when the weather is cold 

 and dark. 



