4: THE NATURAL’ HISTORY 
_ there be a gentle wind from the fouth, or fouth~ 
welt, they always appear one at a time, or one or 
two together, and alight_near the water, and the 
fowler is almoft fure to fhoot them; but this is 
not fo. certain.a method of taking them, as. the’ 
placing of fprings or fares in the paths. — 
On each fide of the {pring or fnare the path i is 
{topped or filled with ftones or bufhes; the, 
Woodcock, who always follows the path, and 
never likes to rife from the ground to get over 
any thing in its way, walks. upon the fnare; as: 
{oon as it is touched the fnare fprings up, and the, 
. bird is caught, either by the neck or the leg, in 
the noofe, and hung in the air. The Woodcock 
: caught in this manner flutters very much. The. 
fowler fhould vifit his {nares more than once ina 
night, left. the fox fhould take the birds, for he is 
very fly.and. very induftrious, and can: hear the. 
flapping of their wings ata diftance, and fome~ 
times he will go to thefe {nares, one after another, 
and carry away the Woodcocks, and bury them 
in different places until he may have occation for 
them. | | 2a, eo . 
In meadows where- there are no paths, paetee 
are fometimes turned up, that the Woodcocks — 
may walk along them in fearch of Mons and, 
fares a are laid in thefe furrows. | a 
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