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induced to steal their contents ; and when sheep- 

 steahng was common, it was not suggested that 

 the proper cure was for farmers to cease to keep 

 sheep. Would not ]\ir. Hughes do more to 

 elevate the moral standard of his listeners when 

 he is lecturing the working classes, if he taught 

 them to admire our beautiful pheasants, instead 

 of almost insinuating that if landowners will 

 encourage these birds they can hardly be sup- 

 posed to resist the temptation of carrying them 

 off at night and selling them to some unprin- 

 cipled poulterer for hahP their real value ? 



