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wood between them of a very bright red colour, which in the continual motion and 

 turning about will give fuch a glorious reflection, that the wanton Birds cannot for- 

 bear, but will play about it with admiration till they be taken. 



Now both thefe Stales are to be placed in the very midft between the two Nets, and 

 about two or three foot diftant one from another, fo that in the falling of the Nets the 

 Cords may by no means touch or annoy them. Neither mull: they (land one before or 

 after another, but in a direct Line one over againft another, the glafs being kept con- 

 tinually moving,and the Bird very oft flickering. When you have thus placed your nets 

 Giggs, and Stales, you (hall then go to the further end of your long drawing LinesJ 

 and Stale -lines, and having a little Haffock made of Sedge, about a foot or better 

 high, you (hall place it within a yard or little more of the end of the fame : And then 

 fitting down upon the Haflbck lay the main drawing Line ( with a ftrong button of 

 wood madefaft ir * K " ^ tlic .) upon your thigh, and with your right hand continually 

 draw the gr rot 7 r .' a f d /vvith your left the Stale-line, and when you (hall perceive 

 the Larks fc^y'der birds to play near and about your Nets and Stales, fwooping near 

 and to th e tne ^d, you (hall then with both hands pull the Net over, and cover and 

 take your prey. If the weather be good be not too hafty to pluck at a (ingle bird, but 

 ftay till you fee many playing about your Nets. 



Behind the Seat you (it on lay your fpare Inftruments and Implements which you 

 are to ufe about the whole Work, as Spare-ftakes, Poles, Lines, Packthread, Knit- 

 ting-pin and Needle, your Bag with Stales, a Mallet to knock in your Stakes with, 

 and a nimble little Hatchet to make new Stakes with, or (harpen them, 



cc There may be other devices to move the Stales, befides thefe here defcribed by 

 " Markham^ but thefe being as commodious as any, I (hall forbear to trouble the 

 " Reader with the mention of more. Thefe Nets may be made ufe of as well upon 

 " Hills and rifing grounds as upon Plains, provided the Areaon which they lie be le- 

 cc veland even : near waters alio, and in high ways and walks of Gardens,dv. 



Ohna defcribes the manner how thefe Nets are to be employed for taking of Star- 

 lings. Having obferved( faith he) where thofe birds haunt moft, provide your Nets 

 fix paces 16ng, and eight Roman Palms deep, of a fmall Main, having their drawing 

 Line of fifteen paces , Moreover, you muft get a Cage of five Palms high, with a 

 middle floor , in the upper Story whereof you (hall put about one hundred live Stares, 

 and in the lower others which are to ferve for Stales. Thofe in the upper room are to 

 call the wild Stares 5 and they mull: have their meat put, all in one VeiTel, and their 

 water in one Cup, and that (b ftrait, that they can drink but one at a time ; likewife 

 the day before they are to be ufed they fhould have no meat of two hours before 

 night, that fo being hungry, and ftriving to get to the meat and drink, they may 

 make the greater fcreaming noife and cry. The live Stales ( four in number) muft 

 be tied by the tails, each with a firing, and by that firing faftned one by one to a 

 couple of fticks joyned together acrofs between the Nets, to which crofs a Cord 

 is faftned that reaches to the Fowler, by the plucking whereof he may atpleafure 

 move the Stales. In this manner of fowling arealfb to be ufedabout twenty or twen- 

 ty five Jackdaws, or fiich like birds-cafes ftuft, and fet out like live birds, and thefe 

 placed in order between the Nets for dead-ftales, the four live-ftales being next the 

 Fowlers Cabbin. Let the dead ftales be placed with their heads to the wind, that it 

 do not ruffle and difcompofe their feathers. 



The fame Author gives us alfb an account of the manner how they take Lapwings 

 with the Day-nets. 



The Nets for this ufe are to be of ten paces length, of a large Mafh, having a 

 drawing Line fifteen paces long. Between the Nets are to be placed fifteen or twen- 

 ty dead Stales, that is Lapwings dried, or the Cafes of Lapwings ftuft, and fet out 

 as if they were alive : And befides thofe two live-ftales, which muft be ufed and fet as 

 the Starling- ftales, and have meat given them to eat. Obferve in like manner to fet 

 the heads of your dead Stales againft the wind. To entice the Birds you muft coun- 

 terfeit their note or cry by a Lapwing-call. 



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