The Probert Encyclopaedia of General Information

FOWLING

Fowling is the pursuit of wild birds either by shooting or trapping them, either for food or for their feathers. It includes a variety of methods, such as the catching of small birds by nets; the taking of ducks and other water-fowl in decoys; the lowering of persons over the brink of precipices to seize the birds that lodge in their hollows and shelves, etc.
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