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onely loope-holes for your eyes and nostrills ; And 

 also about your head if you wear a wreath of Oaken 

 leaves or other leaves, it will be very good, and will 

 take up the eyes of the birdes from greater suspitions, 

 as also if you trym and hang your garments with 

 branches and leaves, of trees, it will be very available 

 and bring your worke to effect sooner and better.' 



As for the actual ' driving ' of the birds, the opera- 

 tor is directed to furnish himself with an instrument 

 called a ' Driver,' consisting of seven ' good strong white 

 wandes or Ozyers, such as basket-makers doe use,' fixed 

 firmly in a wooden handle, and preserved in the shape 

 of an open fan by a double binding of finer twigs, 

 'llius accoutred, the fowler goes to work according to 

 the following instructions : ' First, you shall either by 

 the Art of your eye, still in their haunts, diligence in 

 search, or else by the cunning of your Call, finde out 

 the Eye of pheasants, bee they great or small, and 

 assoone as you have found out any one of them, you 

 shall then (alwaies taking the wind with you for they 

 will naturally runne downe the winde) place your 

 Nettes crosse the little paddes and waies which you see 

 they have made, and padled in the woodes (for they 

 will make little tracks almost like sheeps trackes) and 

 as neere as you can come to some speciall haunte of 

 theirs, which you shall know by the barennesse of the 



