Present Condition of the Foresters. 



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Now nothing either in smuggling or poaching is to any 

 extent attempted. In the one case the crime is unprofitahle, in 

 the other the temptation is withdrawn. Labour, too, is more 

 plentiful, and the Government works of draining and planting in 

 the Forest employ most of the Foresters. 



Many a man, however, can still tell how he has baited a 

 hook, tied to a bough, with apples to snare the deer ; how he 

 has pared the faun's hoof to keep the doe in one place, till he 

 wanted to kill her. But now the deer are all gone, except a few, 

 only seen now and then, wandering about in the wildest and 

 loneliest parts. As to re-stocking the Forest, we can only say, 

 with good Bishop Hoadley, respecting Waltham Chace, — "the 

 deer have already done enough mischief." 



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