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Compensation is of course paid, but even 

 compensation may fail to recoup. Beyond 

 the loss of a crop there is the loss of the 

 fertilisation which would ensue from the 

 stock fed on it, and it is not always possible 

 in times of scarcity even with money to 

 purchase fodder. Three losses fall on the 

 farmer, whose crop is ruined. First, the 

 market value of the crop; next, the loss to 

 the ground of the fertilisation that would 

 have been obtained from its consumption ; 

 thirdly, the difficulty, perhaps impossibility, 

 of replacing the material destroyed. Loss 

 of time might be added, since another crop 

 cannot be grown till the season returns in 

 due course. Unhesitating goodwill alone 

 can explain the continuance of stag-hunting 

 under these risks ; unhesitating goodwill and 

 an enthusiasm not to be matched by that 

 aroused in any other sport. Only, indeed, 

 the noblest sport of all the chase of the 



