:i;M AIM'KNIMX. 



had concealed himself. I he opport null v of muouiii,' eertaiiiK one eirir, 

 perhaps two. H) repetitions of this .sli;nu aii.uk ami retreat, the 

 adroit pilferer^ i \cnlnallx managed to empl x llic nest. 



The above mentioned man had been brought up us a i;amekeeper 

 in Cumberland. !!' became anexeelleut trapper; ami x\as afterwards 

 employed on an estate near the ( he\ iot Hills, \\ here, in a .short lime, 

 he u'ot up a decent stock offline h\ destroMii^ the xcrmiu. He 

 fouiul llic grounds sx\armiiit; with " hoodies ;" hut il was not until 

 their hreedini; .season the following spring. XN hen he was favoured in 

 hi-, operations l)> a t'tv-.| . that he Miei'eeileil in eaplurmi; them in 

 eoiiMilerahle nnnthers. On tlu> ^ronml heeomini* 1 hai'il, he, tor nearly 

 a t'.ulnmht, fed eertain >pots on the hanks of I he Te\ iot \\ilh IfOOfl 

 sule 



In 



EUftn r.il'lnls. liesules an\ \ennin that he eoiiln\e ( l to 

 that tune tin- "hoodies" halulnalK n-soiled. \ulhoul ilisinisi. to 

 tho>e phu'es lor food. He then set his lr;ip> lulled \Mlh all Mirh 

 delieaeies. luit he eoiisulereil a small rallu(. or a pigeon 1\ 111-' on its 

 haek \\ ith ontst retehcd \\ m^s. as the mi>s| temptiim-ot' his m\ it at ions ; 

 ami it often happened that he had seareeK disappeared In-fore the 

 eliek of ihe eloMiis; sprni:; anpnsetl him of a capture. \\ hen his he 

 queul success had rendered the Imds sh\. he set lu.s traps in the 

 .i>l|.u(iil stream. co\(-riui;- their sides \uili urass ( .r ruslies. the 

 attraeliNc hail alone appearini; alune the .surface. For three reasons 

 he re-aided the hanks of the rncr as the best situation lor his traps 

 lie could, as just mentioned, conceal them in the \\ater on the birds 

 liecomini;- too suspii'ious M-eoull\ . streams arc mueh n->ortcil !o l.\ 

 the 'hoodie." \\ho searches dihuvnlK tor an \ I'hanci 

 the \\aler, and lasth. (lu- rooks, ot \\ Inch there \\erc man\ in that 

 p. nl of the countrx. from natural!) hunting inland, the reverse of the 

 " hoodie," \\erc the less likeU to spring hts (raps 



i ron the short, fuller nci k. the lu ul beat peerixtghr downwiurda, 



but, ahove all. front the ha\\ k like nio\eme*ita of the wing, tJ^e 



sportsman \\ill he able to distinguish the : 



at a moment \\heu he max he too distant e the black anil 



inou hooked lull. mul never let him spare, lie should lk> s\spieious 

 ,\ hirdhcsccsrn-s-.nl: .u.,1 n , ; , - .11^ a tielil. in realit \ \\\\\\\- 

 ing it Wltb ftS regular a heal a-- a pointer's. 



11 - n kdKd a grout wftuv atoata Mid weaaela with wtoiM 



traps. As it is t he hahit of these little animals, \\hcn hunting a hedge- 

 row. t prefer ruuiuu-;- through a cox cred passage to t\num- aside. 

 he nsed, \\herc the ground fa\oinvii hm In slight K nsiu^. lo 

 inlash ( ,ii .ham, about a tool in breadth, and rather less in denth, 

 parallel and oloae to the hedge it \\ith the sods he had 



icnuncd At the bottom of these drains he fixed his trans, as soon 

 as the animals i .ncd to the r\u\. and r:uvl\ fade*! \\\ 



sci-ni the \\easel famiK \\luch had taXen \u> its 



ahoile in thc'Mcutitx. The best description of hntch trap (wmdl 

 man\ prefer to the' u'intrap> is maile entire!) of u . . x..ptiuj 

 the bottoms. All appears so lisjht and a>rv that little s\ispu ., 

 a\\akeucd. The doors tall on am llnn^ rni'nnn^ oxer the tlooi 



