52 THE GAMEKEEPER AT HOME. 



advertised in the papers. He mixes it himself, and likes 

 no one prying about to espy his secret, though in reality 

 his success is due to watchful care and not to any 

 particular nostrum. The most favourable spot for rearing 



TENDING THE YOUNG BIRDS. 



is a small level meadow, if possible without furrows, which 

 has been fed off close to the ground and is situated high 

 and dry, and yet well sheltered with wood all round. 

 Damp is a great enemy of the brood, and long grass wet 

 with dew in the early morning sometimes proves fatal if 



