104 Mr. Bayley on the Plan oj C 



which 80 freqiiontly occur, in the preserva- 

 tion of game, under the existing laws. 



We are convinced that these evil conse- 

 quences are derived, in a great degree, 

 from the operation of those statutes, hy 

 which the sale of game is constituted an 

 offence. 



That the occnpation of the poacher is 

 taken up for the purpose of supplying, 

 clandestinely, those wants which cannot 

 at present be supplied lawfully. 



That this illegal occupation would 

 speedily cease to exist, if a legal sale were 

 permitted, and the markets allowed to be 

 honestly furnished with game, as they are 

 with all other articles of general demand. 



It is our firm opinion that, under a sys- 

 tem of open sale, the preservation of 

 game, far from being rendered more diffi- 

 cult, would be greatly facilitated ; that the 

 ordinary care, which is found sufficient for 

 tlie protection of other descriptions of 

 saleable property, would then be equally 

 sufficient for this. That an armed force, 

 and instruments of death, would 'iio longer 

 be requisite to defend it ; and sanguinary 

 conflicts and midnight murders would no 

 longer ensue from the efforts made to pro- 

 cure it. 



That we therefore earnestly submit to 

 the Legislature, the importance of lega- 

 lizing the sale of game, under proper re- 

 strictions ; believing, as we do, the present 

 prohibition to be contrary to good policy 

 in its spirit, and to humanity iu its effects ; 

 seeing that it has filled our jails with crimi- 

 nals of its own creating, and established a 

 nursery of ofienders among the humbler 

 classes of the community. 



To the Editor of the Mo^iihly Magazine. 

 SIR, 



ON reading the letter from your 

 correspondent, A. B. C, I con- 

 fess I was very much surprised at the 

 confident manner in wliich he speaks 

 of the wonderful feats a life-boat 

 would perform, modelled upon his 

 plan. If he is "no sailor," nor accus- 

 tomed to nautical aflairs, I cannot 

 conceive how he can be competent to 

 judge of the merits of the life-boat 

 constrncted by Mr. Grcathead. His 

 plan (Mr. G's.) lias certf>inly been 

 improved upon, but tlu principle has 

 been the same throughout, viz. to give 

 the boat a floating capacity, which 

 would not be destroyed if the sea 

 should break aboard of her. In some 

 boats, this has been accomplished by 

 means of a double bottom ; in others, 

 by lockers round the boat, inside, 

 made impervious to water ; in others, 

 by cases or casks, and by cork fixed in 



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various parts of the boat. To decide 

 which of these plans is best, is notthe 

 object of the present letter. But per- 

 haps A. 15. C. is not aware, tliat four 

 qualities are essential to render a life- 

 boat suitable to the service ; viz.. to 

 take the ground without danger, to 

 draw but little water, to row or sail 

 well, and buoyancy. 



If she does not take the ground 

 well, there is a great danger of the sea 

 causing her to heel when she touches, 

 and tiirowing the people overboard, so 

 as to mdaiiger their lives in landing. 

 If she draws but little wafer she will 

 not take the ground so soon, but will be 

 carried on the top of the sea so high on 

 the land, that she will not be endan- 

 gered by the waves striking her with 

 any degree of violence. A boat, that 

 draws but little water, will generally 

 row well and sail fast, with the wind 

 free, and has more buoyancy, without 

 encroaching too much on the room ne- 

 cessary for managing her. It is true, 

 I do not know upon what principle 

 jour correspondent's model is con- 

 structed ; but, in order to her righting 

 again with such certainty as he sjieaks 

 of, the form of the midship bend must be 

 triangular, which is certainly one of 

 the worst that can be devised for taking 

 the ground, and drawing little water. 

 How he intends preventing the crew 

 from getting wet jackets, in a heavy 

 surf, I am quite at a loss, unless he 

 puts them under hatches; and then, 

 perhaps, he would not find them in the 

 best situation to render assistance to 

 the shipwrecked mariner. It is at all 

 times found difficult to make a boat 

 come about in a heavy swell, or even 

 to wear round. If your correspondent's 

 plan will ensure either of these ma- 

 noeuvres without danger, it is desirable 

 that it should be made public, as it 

 would be the means of saving many 

 lives. 



In this age of improvements and 

 discoveries, is it not strange that sci- 

 entific rules are not laid down for the 

 construction of ships. We are where 

 we were fifty years since in this re- 

 spect; no general rule is recognized, 

 but every builder forms his own ideas 

 upon tlie subject; and, generally 

 speaking, they die with him. Cannot 

 any thing be done to remedy this evil, 

 and put ship-building upon an equal 

 footing with the other arts ? 



George Cayley. 

 Ipswich, Jm. 9, 1823- 



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