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of the run and slightly sloping to it, and the end farthest from the 

 run in both cases was closed by a board, whilst those next the run 

 were left open, thereby forming a good shelter for the cats in in- 

 clement weather. Saucers replete with milk and other evidence 

 of food being supplied, rendered the arrangement complete " 

 (Journal of Horticulture, July 26, 1883, p. 73). 



Occasionally a cat, called wild, is found in woods, and evidently 

 making its home there. But this, in most cases, is only the house 

 cat taken to a depraved mode of life, and like the ordinary tame 

 cat taken to poaching must be summarily dealt with, as nothing 

 comes amiss to such cats in the way of game. The game-preserver 



FIG. 136. REV. H. L. EWEN'S METHOD OF SCARING BIRDS FROM STRAW- 

 BERRIES. 



contends that when a cat has taken to this mode of life it is useless 

 in or about the house and its outbuildings, and not being easy to 

 shoot, it must be trapped. 



The trap employed may be that known as the Patent Hugger, 



