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what may be termed too narrow a system. It 

 gets birds, 'tis true, but the mere getting of birds 

 is only a minor part of quail-shooting. A broader 

 plan is to outline a route at starting which will 

 include a pleasant section of country, and to 

 endeavor to cover it all before the light fails. 

 This is apt to involve a series of skirmishes with 

 perhaps half a dozen or more bevies, and truly 

 this is the best of quail-shooting. The man who 

 is out for pure sport and healthful, vigorous exer- 

 cise need not fear a long tramp. The policy of 

 here a little and there a little, will lead him 

 through miles of pleasant places, will give him 

 a broader knowledge of the country, and will keep 

 him from that crime of crimes — exterminating 

 a bevy. The man who hunts too closely leaves 

 desolation in his wake. It is of him the farmer 

 says, — " Some feller from town was out here 

 'tother day an' cleaned 'em all up — never left 

 one ! " Such a man is not a sportsman in the 

 true sense of that term. The reader may rest 

 assured that the man who kills sparingly is wise. 



" Who kills a few, then tramps away, 

 Finds welcome true another day," 



is a bit of jingle which might well be committed 

 to memory. Apropos of this point, old shooters 

 know, and young ones must learn, that the farmer 

 may be made the sportsman's best friend. All that 



