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body, six, ten, fifteen or even twenty. Hight fall, the rest fly 
half a mile or more, and are marked down by the driver. If a 
few stragglers remain behind, they meet their death a few 
minutes later when they rise. With the aid of the dogs the 
dead and wounded birds are found, thrown into the wagon and 
we arive on in the direction taken by the remainder of the 
. flock. In this way several covies are found during the morn- 
ing. Oftentimes the birds will not wait when in the stubble 
for the hunters to approach, but when disturbed by the dogs 
rise in a body and perhaps settle down again in tall meadow 
grass a quarter of a mile off. 
‘This is an unlucky move for the birds, since when in the tall 
grass they lie close, and can be flushed one at a time. I shall 
never forget our experience with a large covey of twenty birds 
that were flushed by the dogs,and marked down by the driver in 
a-grassy Slough half a mile away. On driving over there the 
dogs easily found the birds, and the four of us, standing in tall 
grass, kept up a furious fusilade for a few minutes. The birds 
rose one or two at a time from under our feet. A rustle in the 
grass beside or behind one, was followed by the sight of a 
Chicken that flew but a few rods, only to fall dead, and by its 
fall perhaps to startle another one from the covert to share the 
same fate. This particular morning was damp and so much 
smoke was hanging low over the grass that it enveloped us in 
a dense cloud and rendered firing a risky thing, for one could 
not tell just where the others stood. At eleven the heat of the 
sun obliges the sportsman to desist, and the team is driven to 
some farmhouse where the horses are fed and the whole party 
reclining in the shade of the cottonwoods, discuss the morn- 
ing’s experiences and plans for the afternoon, and enjoy a 
comfortable siesta. 
‘‘During the middle of the day the Pinnated Grouse leaves 
the short stubble and seeks cool, damp resorts in the hollows 
of the prairie, where it is not so easily hunted, not coming to 
the wheat fields again until four or after. 
‘“‘At that hour, the gunners start again, and from four till 
seven, repeat with varied luck, the morning’s performance. 
At dusk putting on overcoats to keep off the chilly night air, 
and counting the birds, which during noontime they had drawn 
and stuffed with cool grass, they ride merrily back over the 
now dark prairie to the hotel, where a bountiful supper awaits 
them, and they compare notes with parties who went out in 
other directions. The second day is a repetition of the first, 
