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the trap to be placed without its being observed. Small-sized 

 ordinary vermin traps should be used. He had seen quite 

 a number caught in that manner in one of the woods on the 

 Lovat estates. Might he further suggest that an endeavour 

 be made by the Society to induce all landed proprietors 

 and their agents to co-operate in dealing effectively with these 

 pests. Some estates had been pursuing a policy of destruction 

 for years past, but others had taken practically no steps to deal 

 with them. He understood that Morayshire was now in- 

 augurating a scheme whereby it was hoped to bring to the 

 notice of interested parties the importance of ridding their 

 district of squirrels. They had already a squirrel club in 

 Dingwall, which had done good work in the past, and would 

 no doubt continue to do so if the necessary encouragement 

 be forthcoming. It seemed to him that co-operation was the 

 essential thing in order to carry through a successful campaign 

 against this enemy of British woodlands. 



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