BABBITS. Ill 



LARKS are taken by springes or long cords laid across 

 each other, at any length you please. Stake them at 

 the ends, open the nooses at least two inches in diameter, 

 and place them equal on each side of the twine ; then 

 sprinkle a little chaff in a ridge over them, quite thin. 

 Place yourself in a ditch, ready to take them out. 



QUAILS are taken by a call, by which you will find 

 where they are ; then get the wind of them ; lay your 

 net, which should be eight yards by eight in size, and 

 two inches and'a half meshes, on the stubble ; silk is best. 

 Lie behind the net, and imitate their note. If the cock 

 answers, mimic the hen ; and if she answers, mimic the 

 cock, and they will come quite close. When under the 

 net, crawl up to it, and tread the edges down, and take 

 them out. In their wooing time, which is from March to 

 July, as with partridges, they are easily taken ; but it is 

 better to wait for the bevy till the latter end of August. 



PART THE SIXTH. 



RABBITS. 



THERE are two sorts of rabbits, viz. the wild and the 

 tame : those that are wild are bred in warrens, are 

 smaller and more red, have active bodies, are shy and 

 watchful, and their flesh is more delicious from the 

 liberty they enjoy, and the superior nature of their food; 

 they are more lively than the tame ones. The tame 



