REPORTER AT LARGE describing the Basque method of hunting the wild pigeon. The birds nest in northern Europe and fly south in the fall. They fly fairly low, following the deep valleys that serrate the northern slopes of the Pyrenees and rising at the headwalls to get through the passes. It is at this point they can be netted. These snaring grounds are called palombieres, and have existed since the year 1400, and there has been no change in method since the sport began. Tells about attending a chasse a la palombe with an energetic priest named Don Bernardo. Background of the Basques and their country, which lies partly in France and partly in Spain. This situation has made the greater part of the population eithercustoms officers or smugglers.