82 PHEASANTS 



She will then soon become so bold and venture- 

 some that the pheasant shall no sooner go to 

 Pearch, but she have him by the Ears and pull 

 him down. Thus with fair flying and two or 

 three staunch spaniels the Faulconer shall come 

 in a short Time to good Perfection in this 

 sport. 



While the goshawk lost his place in the 

 world of sport with the coming of the gun, 

 his partner in the gentle art of falconry 

 the spaniel, proved better adapted to 

 changed conditions, and remained in favour 

 for many years as the mainstay of every 

 sportsman who would seek and shoot the 

 pheasant. In earlier days, when faulty 

 firearms made any accurate shooting 

 difficult, and a bird on the wing a mark 

 beyond the reach of most, the spaniel was 

 relied on to range the wood and drive the 

 pheasant to perch in a tree, whence the 

 wielder of his cumbrous weapon might 

 bring him down at his leisure. 



When shooting flying became an ac- 

 complished art, the spaniel still held his 

 place as invaluable to find and flush the 

 game for the gun, as witness the follow- 



