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traffic and gain : but even when this is the case the 

 landlord has seldom much cause of complaint. In 

 the first place he, the landlord, makes a traffic of 

 his game by letting it ; and in the second place the 

 tenant, who in these commercial speculations is 

 generally a permanent one, if he wishes to make 

 money by the game, must take care to preserve 

 and increase it proportionally. 



The custom of selling game is, I am glad to see, 

 becoming very general amongst the principal pro- 

 prietors. To the careless observer it may at first 

 appear an unjust proceeding for the landlord to 

 sell game which feeds on the farms of his tenants ; 

 but, practically, I scarcely know an instance where 

 the latter are not most amply remunerated ; indeed 

 the farmer can legally claim indemnification if his 

 landlord is so unjust and unwise as to refuse it. 

 It should be remembered also, that although rab- 

 bits, hares, and deer undoubtedly do much damage 

 to crops, all flying game are assistants rather than 

 enemies to the farmer. 



In many of our larger towns the game-shops are 

 even supplied with birds from America, which are 

 brought by the steamers via Liverpool. The ruffed 

 grouse, a very beautiful bird, and excellent for the 

 table, a smaller species of grouse, and even the far- 

 famed canvas-backed duck, find their way over in 



