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nected by wires so as to form a continuous 

 ring round the field, dogs fastened by a 

 short chain to a long wire, luminous disks, 

 lanterns on revolving bottle -jacks, and 

 other similar devices are fairly reliable 

 means of protection, though the much 

 advertised tainting fluids cannot be relied 

 on with the implicit confidence their 

 manufacturers seek to impress upon 

 clients. 



In any case, no such means of pro- 

 tection will enable the services of the 

 night watcher to be dispensed with, for 

 his presence is the best security of all. 

 If a blind man can be secured, he generally 

 makes the best watcher ; for his sense of 

 hearing is abnormally acute, while an 

 acetylene motor lamp is a valuable assist- 

 ance to the watcher who has to rely as 

 much on his eyes as on his ears, enabling 

 him readily to investigate the cause 

 of any movement which arouses his 

 suspicions. 



The troubles of the rearing-field safely 

 over, there is still a time of considerable 



