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be wise, he will discard the suspected linen, and turn in be¬ 
tween the blankets. 
On getting up in the morning, all ablutions duly performed, 
it will be necessary to provide for the needful operation of 
breaking fast; and this must neither be neglected, for no man 
can take exercise with impunity on an empty stomach; nor 
must it be done too luxuriously, for as certainly no man can 
walk well, or fast, or keep it up long, on an overloaded one. 
Here is my method. 
I have found it impossible to get out early enough to do exe¬ 
cution from any country tavern, if one waits until a hot break¬ 
fast is prepared My method, therefore, is to take with me a 
cold ham, or a cold hunters’ round, and to have the table laid 
over night, in addition to that, with bread, butter, and cold 
milk, on which, for my part, I can breakfast very satisfactorily. 
This done, if you know the country, go to the place where 
are the most and likeliest grain stubbles lying near to good 
woodland, or coppice covert, and beat them regularly, in such 
a manner that the woods shall be down-wind of your beat. Let 
your dogs, however, beat every field up-wind, by which means 
thev will scent their birds one-third farther than if you go down- 
wind. 
Look especially to the sides of the fields, particularly if they 
are bushy ; Quail do not affect the middle even of the stubbles 
on which they feed. 
If your dogs trail a running bevy, never run or hurry them. 
They are, if you do so, nearly sure to flush them wild. Be, on 
the contrary, very steadv yourself, and cry “ Steady ! steady ! 
Toho !” words to which dogs should be accustomed early. If 
they point firmly, and are so very staunch that you can depend 
on them, it is not a bad plan to make a wide circuit, and get 
a-head of the bevy, which even if wild and running, will often 
squat on finding itself enclosed between the dog and the gun, 
and thus afford good shooting. 
If you drive a bevy of Quail into good covert, be not in haste 
to follow it. It will stay there, be sure; and you will find them 
