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very best mode iti which it can be given, the 

 lesson of patience; and if you can possibly 

 bring your eye to bear upon a bird, you make 

 him for ever. One bird killed upon the ground, 

 to a steady, cool, deliberate point, is of more 

 value than a season's hunt, in confirming stanch- 

 ness. 



The above most infallible method of killing 

 cocks, is indeed completely practicable only in 

 countries where, as in the woods of Wales, the 

 growth of underwood is not strong enough to 

 prevent their being traversed with tolerable 

 facility ; or to refuse, through occasional open- 

 ings, a clear view below : but some modification 

 of it is introducible almost any where ; at least, 

 where you can have any fair expectation of 

 finding them. A cock may skirt the edges of 

 close cover, but he never buries himself in a 

 thicket : and, for the benefit of those whom it 

 may concern, be it observed, that if you would 

 find a cock upon the ground, you must direct 

 your eye, not to the root over-arched by the 

 branches of the bush, where either your dog's 

 nose at the time, or some previous notice of his 

 droppings, may induce you to look for him, but 

 at the distance of several feet, where all is clear 

 just above him, and where he lies on close 

 crouch, his head huddled between his shoulders, 



