8o. NATURAL HISTORY OF THE PHEASANT 



ground, mutings and loose feathers which you shall 

 finde there, and these Nets you shall hollow, loose 

 and circular wise, the nether part thereof being fastened 

 close to the ground, and the upper side lying hollow 

 loose and bending, so that when anything rusheth into 

 it, it might fall and intangle them.' 



The fowler is then admonished to call the birds 

 together with his call until such time as ' they are all 

 come in, and doe beginne to cloocke and peepe one 

 to another.' The bird-call is now laid aside, and the 

 driver comes into play. ' With this driver (as soon as 

 you see the Pheasants gathered together) you shall 

 take and make a gentle noise upon the boughes and 

 Bushes which shall be round about you, which as soon 

 as the poutes doe heare, they will presently runne in 

 a heap together from it as fast as they can a little 

 way, and then stand and listen, keeping all as close 

 together as can be (for then they dare not scatter) and 

 then you shall give another racke or two, at which 

 they will runne againe as before, and thus by racking, 

 and dashing upon the small trees and bushes, you 

 shal drive them like so many sheepe before you, which 

 way or whither you please, and if at any time they 

 chance to goe that way which you would not have them, 

 then you shall crosse them, and making a noise with 

 racking, as it were in their faces, they will presendy 



