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take great delight therein. In Winter when thefe ftubbles are either plowed up, or 

 over-ibyled with Catted manure, or the like^then they refort to the enclofed grounds, 

 or upland-Meadows, and lodge in the dead grafs or fog, under hedges, among Mole* 

 hills, and under banks, or at the roots of trees. You may alfo find haunts of Par- 

 tridges in (mail Coppices or Underwoods, in Bufhy Clofes, or where there grows 

 Broom, Brakes, Furze, or Ling, or any other Covert : Provided always, thatthere 

 be fome Corn-fields adjoyning, elfe they will rather avoid fuch places. In Harveft- 

 time when they can have no quiet lodging in the Corn-fields, you may find them in the 

 day-time in the Fallows adjoyning, where they will lie lurking among the great clods 

 and weeds 5 and only early in the Morning, and late at Evening fetch their food from 

 the corn-lhcaves next adjoyning. 



Now for finding them, fome will do it by the eye, like hare-finders, viz. In taking 

 their ranges over the ftubble fields, or other haunts, cafting their eyes on each hand, 

 they will efpy them out though never fo clofe couched 3 which ability partly depends 

 uponthegoodneisofthe eye,part!y is acquired by practice and exercife, by diligently 

 oblerving the true colour of the Partridge, how it differeth from the ground, and 

 alio the manner of their lying. Thisisthe eafier done, becaufe when you have once 

 ( as you think ) apprehended them with your eye, you may walk nearer and nearer 

 till you are ablblutely fure you fee them, provided you be ever moving., and ftand 

 not ftill or gaze at them ( for that they will not abide ) elfe they are foflothfuland 

 unwilling to take wing, that till you be ready to fet your foot upon them, they will 

 not ftir. 



Others find them by the haunts and places where they laft coucht : which they 

 know partly by their dung there left, which if new will be fofr, and the white part of 

 it colour their fingers ^ and partly by their padlingsor treadings, which if new will 

 be foft and dirty, and the earth new broken of a darker colour than the mould about 

 it 5 and being very new indeed, the place where they (ate will be warm, and the 

 ground fmooth and flat with (bme (mail feathers or down fcattered upon it. If you 

 find fuch a haunt, you may be confident the birds are not far off. Therefore look 

 carefully about you, efpecially down the Lands, walking leifurely 5 and inafhort 

 time you will efpy them : which as loon as you do, you (hall prefently wind off from 

 them, and by no means look towards them, and fo fetch a large circumference round 

 about them, keeping an ordinary round march, making yourcompafs lefsand left, till 

 you have difcovered the whole Covey. 



Others find them by going early in the Morning, or at the clofe of the Even, 

 ( which are called 'jnhjng times _) into their haunts, and there liftning for the calling 

 of the Cock-Partridge, which will be very loud and earned, to which after fome 

 few calls the Hen will makeanfwer^ which as loon as they hear they liften till they 

 meet, which they {hall very well perceive by their chattering and rejoycing one with 

 another. Then they take their range about them, drawing nearer and nearer as before, 

 till they dilcover the whole Covey. 



But the beft, fafeft, eafieft, and mod pleafant way of finding them is by the Par- 

 tridge-ca\l Having learnt the true and natural notes of the Partridge^ and being able 

 to tune every note in its proper key, and knowing the due times and feafons for every 

 note, fo as fitly to accommodate them, go forth either Morning or Evening to their 

 haunts, and having conveyed your felf into fome clofe place, fo as to fee and not be 

 feen, liften a while if you can hear the Partridge call. If you do, anfwer them again 

 in the lame note, and ever as they change, or double, or treble their note, fo fhall 

 you likewife, plying ftill your Call till you find them draw near to you. For this cal- 

 ling is fo natural and delightful to them that they will purfueit as far as they can hear 

 it. Having drawn them within your view, caft your felf flat upon your backhand lie 

 without moving as if you were dead,and you fhall then fee them running and pecking 

 about you without any fear, fo as you may take a full view of them, and if you pleafe 

 count their number. 



§. II. 



How to take Partridge with Nets. 



THefe Nets may be made in all points like the * Phefant-nets, only the Mafh * See chaf. 6. 

 fbmewhat frrialler 5 but they would be much better were they fomething longer s# *• 

 rind broader. Having found the Covey, draw forth your Nets, and taking a large 



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