404 SHOOTING. 



the shot is thrown. In snipe-shooting the latter is 

 subservient to the former. 



The common snipe occasionally found on heathery 

 and rush-clad hills, as well as in the enclosed grounds, 

 is the same as the gregarious bird of the marsh. 



The setter is the best dog for snipe shooting. 





WOODCOCK SHOOTING. 



Cocks arrive in England in October, and leave 

 in March. They are to be met with in abundance 

 in covers near the sea-coast in October ; towards 

 the end of that month they are frequently found 

 on moors and downs ; and in the woods in Novem- 

 ber, December, and January. November is the 

 prime month. They are rarely to be seen far 

 from the sea in February. In March they will 

 again be found in some of the inland covers, but 

 not so plentiful as in November. Cocks remain a 

 very short time in the inland covers in March, 

 ere they leave them for the coast, preparatory to 

 their departure from British shores to their sum- 



