FOWLING
—is a term in some degree PROVINCIAL, being used in a different sense in one county to what it is in another. In fenny countries, FOWLING applies generally to the pursuit of water fowl, and the act of obtaining or taking them with either NET or GUN. In other parts, FOWLING appertains only to the sport of taking partridges with a NET and SETTING DOG. With FARMERS, and the middling class of rustics, particularly in remote parts, fowling and shooting are synonimous terms.