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Here is, indeed, an infinite variety, and the man 

 who can score fairly well in all of it is to be 

 envied. 



Now the working of it : the first thing is to 

 take a smoke, a pleasant way of allowing time 

 for the scent to become good. If the birds have 

 taken to the woods, but have not treed, they will 

 be found under logs, in the crannies of roots, or 

 among the leaves on the ground. Such condi- 

 tions frequently mean many fair chances, but 

 sometimes in a baffling light. The method of 

 beating should be the same as in the open, with 

 the exception that the dog may be made to work 

 closer with advantage. Not infrequently a brace 

 or so will be promptly located, but there will be 

 a difficulty in finding the major portion. After 

 a fair trial has failed, call in the dog, go back near 

 where the bevy was flushed, and begin calling 

 loudly. The old hen has been bagged, and you 

 are playing her role. Do not call too much. 

 Make it so — Ka-ix>i'-Hee' f Ka-hoi'-kee ! Aa-Loi'- 

 hee ! — three times (emphasize second syllable), 

 and occasionally four, and with the proper pause 

 between. Indistinct and too hurried calling 

 sounds like a young bird, which, while it may 

 elicit a response from some impatient youngster, 

 lacks the magic of the message from the old hen. 

 If this oft-recurring old lady has not been already 

 conveniently killed, she may presently pipe up 



