THORN FENCE 
No. 1. 
The plan shows preserve for 
breeding partridges, and boxes for 
shooting, numbered 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, &c. 
It is situated in the midst of large 
fields, and surrounded by a natural 
thorn fence. Roughly speaking, 
it is 500 yards long by 110 wide. 
‘A’ marks the site of a tall 
tree which serves as a good land- 
mark for the beaters. 
*B’ marks an artificial pool, 
where a constant supply of water 
is kept in the summer. 
The shading 
by privet, box, and yew—also arti- ' 
chokes. 
The shadin: 
shows cultivated portion, which is 
sown with buckwheat, mustard, 
and barley. 
The boxes, 2, 2, 3, &c., are 
formed of growing fir. 
The driving to the preserves 
nay be bya circle (the Hungarian 
method) or by half-circle, bringing 
up beaters in two divisions. 
TBs 
FIG. 14 
Pian oF PARTRIDGE PRESERVES, LAID OUT IN 1892, ON THE ESTATE 
or H.R.H. THE Prince or WALES AT SANDRINGHAM 
" Scale 18 in. to one mile 
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