388 LETTERS TO YOUNG SHOOTERS LETTER 



' Stop up firmly with a spade all holes that 

 have been opened during the night, and over each 

 of these peg down a piece of paper saturated in the 

 spirits of tar, not omitting the use of the fuse in case 

 any rabbits have reoccupied, or you suspect have never 

 left, the burrow you are attending to. 



' The men can also make a careful search for any 

 burrows they overlooked the first day, and of course 

 treat these as they did all the others ; in fact, it may 

 take the best part of two days to properly complete 

 the round of all the burrows. 



' WEDNESDAY 



' This morning (the day of shooting, that is) every 

 rabbit should be above ground, if the weather has been 

 fine and dry. Send one reliable man, as soon as it 

 is daylight, to walk quickly and noiselessly round all 

 the burrows, and direct him to fill up with a spade an}^ 

 holes he finds open ; he need do nothing more, for all 

 he can do is to prevent the rabbits running to ground 

 when they escape the shooters. 



' It is too late now to try any more bolting, as the 

 rabbits are either above or below ground, whichever 

 it may be, and there they will have to remain for the 

 day (rabbits do not move from their seats save in 

 early morning or evening), and we will trust for the 

 sake of the sport they are all above ground.' 



