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at the end. «a^ a of tha most sights on a 
moor Is to missing ali the grouse that pass his 
vmf, Xmi erery greyhen thaf comes within his 
re4:ef>2l^, , '■ ■' ', ' ' . ^ , 
slaughter should, naturally he utterly dis- 
tit«« it seems that an undue sanctity is some- 
j ■"* •'?-^ f^-ic at large; a preponderance of old barren hens 
'■■ ■ ' ■ ' 't feature Of the ground^ and it may he well to allow 
' tk'esux^ with hens that are unmistakably .old ones. 
fKmng Blackcoel® deserve a consideration they rarely 
ft «ouod policy to spare any cocks that show visible traces • 
# leathers of youth , tl'«ereby ensuring a young .and healthy 
lowing ymr , which i® the most important' consideration 
tvf’imch ■'>■!' game preser¥atIo,n. 
•> T'?v fmt< iMtacquaint^d wdth dicir w-ay'i It might well seem strange that 
% tmm tvMuMul oi hmieri shwSd be considered enough for the purposes 
driving Mack-gamct when <ioi*b.le ivhd- treble tliO nohxber are required 
■W drive Grouse .or Partridges; but black- game are. most consistent in 
tlMir lines' of flight, and the observant keeper soon comes to know 
exactly which way they wdil go of their own. free will whenT disturbed from 
a .certain direction » and thus hnds that a very Tew; men are suMcient for 
%ls purpose. 
No o.ther game-bird varies so much as the Blackcock in degree of sus- 
xwtshUil'S' to the approach of danger. Other' game -birds pack a«.d grow , 
wild the season ssdva.oces, but black-game are tame one day a:r*d wild " ; 
t%'4 lMi.mnce,d in thH respect to a surprising extent by every. change f 
m the w«‘S?#er. Sometinm em otem^ sunny, da'ys they are almost Jmpos- 
N^hsi tit at tilt, leaving- th« ground altogether on the first sus-- 
• oi 4mgm nt other times., ^pedmy on misty, wet days, they ^ . 
utitrly oblivious to the danger, settling again within- . 
^ 'Uw hmidtmt yarda s*ftev guns, and allowing' themselves , 
io he hmk Mk^ $tmp mM ' 'very spot, where the experience 
of but a few sh-Wld impressed on the dullest in- 
telligence i'hv id iPMigi^r- 
When .tiKT |»r l^‘ one, th a most sporting 
■■ method ol outwitts^ig. m the enterprising incHvIduar ; 
.-«-the stalk with tM Me, '.|1tuJ n 'hriker most beneficial. to the 
ground, for the old ^en be slBglMroiit for destruction, . 
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