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selves in their endeavour to scratch out a rabbit. It 

 is absolutely necessary for the guns to remain per- 

 fectly quiet and not move about, otherwise rabbits 

 will not approach.' 



It has been already remarked how materially 

 rabbits help to fill the bag in a day's covert-shooting, 

 and it may be added that they also go far to relieve 

 the monotony of continuously firing overhead shots 

 at pheasants. So well is their utility in this respect 

 recognised that, for some days before a big shoot, a 

 vast amount of trouble is taken to stop them out, and 

 insure their being tound when wanted. To do this 

 properly will give employment for several days to the 

 keeper and his men, and requires no little skill and 

 judgment. On this subject we shall have something to 

 say in the next chapter, where we propose to consider 

 the various methods of trapping, snaring, netting, and 

 stopping out which are usually adopted where rabbits 

 are numerous. 



Mr. Lloyd Price has made us acquainted with all 

 that pertains to a sporting warren, and in his excellent 

 little book on 'Rabbits for Profit and Rabbits for 

 Powder ' has shown what extraordinary bags may be 

 made of rabbits only, when the ground is laid out 

 especially for their preservation, and attention is paid 

 to the proper way of 'showing them.' 



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