Sporting scenes and country characters . net is spread out at a short distance from theadjacent hedge. Each man takes hold of his own endof the cord, and the net, weighted, is dragged acrossthe field. The first attempt may be a failure. Thenext breadth is tried. It proves successful. The netis drawn over, perhaps, the whole of two coveys ofbirds, wiiich immediately begin to flutter. Each manthen lets the net fall to the ground, and commences towalk on the cord till the spot is reached where thepartridges are caught: they are then killed and is no noise,—no report of a gun, as in t
Sporting scenes and country characters . net is spread out at a short distance from theadjacent hedge. Each man takes hold of his own endof the cord, and the net, weighted, is dragged acrossthe field. The first attempt may be a failure. Thenext breadth is tried. It proves successful. The netis drawn over, perhaps, the whole of two coveys ofbirds, wiiich immediately begin to flutter. Each manthen lets the net fall to the ground, and commences towalk on the cord till the spot is reached where thepartridges are caught: they are then killed and is no noise,—no report of a gun, as in the caseof killing pheasants. On the least approach of danger,the net is pocketed; and the poachers make the best oftheir way to the nearest high road, or take a route socircuitous as to elude all detection, and arrive at home TRICKS OF KEEPERS AND POACHERS. 323 before daybreak. For the sake of avoiding apprehen-sion, the poacher resorts to these and many otherstratagems, which do not, however, always screen himfrom the arm of
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