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bell and buffet; and my father told me, 

 when he was a young man, it was much 

 practised. 



I have been informed that rabbits, at 

 night, will not run out from this bright 

 light; and that, with a couple of dogs, you 

 may catch several ; but I never tried it. 



I have no reason to doubt, that a hare, 

 by this light, will let you approach him : 

 when a deer will, I see no reason that a 

 hare will not. But j^ou must be sure to 

 go up the wind ; and I am of opinion that, 

 to approach a hare at feed, by night, you 

 should not use the bells. 



Of shooHnc: • -i i 



Pewits,piovers rrovidcd 7/ou mark down a lars^e flock of 



and Bustards, ^ o ^ ^ 



by night. pewits, plovers, or wild geese, just at dark, going 

 to roost, or golden plover, I should imagine, 

 by these means, you may get within shot of 

 them. And why may not this method be 

 TRIED ON BUSTARDS when you see theni. 

 settling for the night, to roost ? If a wild 

 deer, w^hich is one of the shyest and most 



generauy!™^^' timid of auimals, will let you approach him 

 by night, w^ill not every other animal let 

 you approach him ? I judge this to be a 

 very fair question, and I presume that it is 



