Suffolk and Berkshire, Henry Charles Howard, Earl of, 1833-1898, Peek, Hedley, Aflalo, Frederick G. (Frederick George), 1870-1918 · London : Lawrence and Bullen · leaf 370
y flight; the bird never rises far above theground, and a whole covey will often break upand dart away in different directions. Moreover,when the sportsman sees a covey betake itselfto a hedgerow and flatters himself they arewithin his grasp, he sometimes finds on beatingthe hedge that he does not… … ^1 ^ shooting] THE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF SPORT 337 more. The kite is better adapted to largemanors than to small ones ; but it may be usedwithout detriment on the latter, provided thereare plenty of hedgerows, or young plantations,lor the birds to fly into. It is worse than use-less to attempt kite…
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