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which shows how quiet and preservation will tell 

 eventually, for needless to say these birds are strictly 

 preserved. While speaking of the preservation of 

 these splendid birds, and indeed of all rare birds, 

 I cannot refrain from expressing my detestation 

 at the ways of some of our bird stuffers and egg 

 dealers, who send circulars to foresters, keepers, gillies, 

 and shepherds, containing a printed list of the birds 

 and eggs they require, with the price they will pay 

 for the same marked against each variety. Many of 

 these circulars must fall into the hands of poor men, to 

 whom the offer of a pound or more is of considerable 

 import ; many, however, must fall into the hands 

 of men above want and holding responsible positions, 

 and I would advise the employers of such to ask them 

 to forward all circulars to them, and then I think 

 if the senders were "gibbeted" in The Field, 

 that it might perhaps make some of their customers 

 fight shy of dealing with them, and thus the fear 

 of loss of trade might force an abandonment of this 

 odious plan of tempting servants and others to supply 



