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make the best of existing woods without 

 incurring heavy expenditure in fencing 

 and forestry. In almost every case where 

 game will thrive, and yet where bad birds 

 for shooting have been the rule for years, 

 the rises can be improved out of all recog- 

 nition by simple means. A little thought 

 as to what is wanted, a few days of 

 experiment, and then the planting of 

 some clump or perhaps only a little clear- 

 ing here and the thickening of an end 

 there will generally be found to make all 

 the difference. When birds of the ' highest 

 killable quality ' are desired, the problem 

 becomes another matter altogether, but 

 to make every rise a respectable one is 

 within the reach of all who have any 

 scope of ground to work with and sense 

 enough to appreciate such possibilities as 

 it may possess. 



It is somewhat surprising to find — con- 

 sidering how highly good covert-shooting 

 is valued — how little attention is usually 

 given to the care of game-coverts, more 

 particularly with regard to what they may 



