...these stupid birds into the snares, for they will not pass over the pebbles. He says that many were taken in this manner in the open weather, and sold on the spot for sixteen or twenty pence a couple (about forty years ago), and sent to the all devouring capital by the Kendal...

...believe that the heraldic is a bunch of Flagges, vert., as in the arms of Levermore, of Devonshire species, and consider it to be only the adult bird,...Massey, the seat of the Earl of Stamford and Warrington ; Combermere Abbey, the seat of Viscount Combermere ; Hooton, on the Mersey, the seat of RC Naylor,...

...between tufts of heath, with avenues of small stones on each side, to direct these foolish birds into snares, for they will not hop over the pebbles. Multitudes...the spot for sixteen pence or twenty pence a couple . . . and sent to the all-devouring capital by the Kendal stage." 4. Later in the chapter, I will explain...