Essays On Sport And Natural History
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In his now scarce little volume, entitled " Hunger's Prevention, or the Art of Fowling, " printed in 1621, he says (p. 116) : " There is also another stale or inticement for these byrdes which is called the looking-glasse. " This he describes at some length, and then proceeds : " Now both this and the other stale before spoken of [a live decoy bird] are to be placed in the very midst or centre betweene the two nets, and about two or three foote one distant from another, so that in the falling o...f the nets the cords may by no means touch or annoy them ; neither must they stand one before or after another, but in a direct line one over against the other, the glasse being kept continually moving, and tfye bird very oft flickering. " When did the birdcatchers cease to employ this device with their nets ? Apparently not for some LARK MIRRORS. 195 considerable time after the introduction of shooting flying, and the employment of the mirror for lark snooting. Nicholas Cox, in his " Gentlemen's Recreation, " 1674, referring to the capture of Larks, says " The next way of taking them is with a day net, and a glass, which is incomparable pastime on a frosty morning.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
In his now scarce little volume, entitled " Hunger's Prevention, or the Art of Fowling, " printed in 1621, he says (p. 116) : " There is also another stale or inticement for these byrdes which is called the looking-glasse. " This he describes at some length, and then proceeds : " Now both this and the other stale before spoken of [a live decoy bird] are to be placed in the very midst or centre betweene the two nets, and about two or three foote one distant from another, so that in the falling o...f the nets the cords may by no means touch or annoy them ; neither must they stand one before or after another, but in a direct line one over against the other, the glasse being kept continually moving, and tfye bird very oft flickering. " When did the birdcatchers cease to employ this device with their nets ? Apparently not for some LARK MIRRORS. 195 considerable time after the introduction of shooting flying, and the employment of the mirror for lark snooting. Nicholas Cox, in his " Gentlemen's Recreation, " 1674, referring to the capture of Larks, says " The next way of taking them is with a day net, and a glass, which is incomparable pastime on a frosty morning.
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You can find similar books in the "Read Also" column, or choose other free books by James Edmund Harting to read onlineMoreLess
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