CHAPTER VII 



VERBUM SAP. 



ADVICE cannot go much farther than to insist again 

 upon the policy, not to say necessity, of cultivating 

 harmonious relations with those whose business it is 

 to extract profit from the soil, who live upon it, and 

 who therefore, if not allowed to participate in some 

 way in the benefits derived from a stock of game, will 

 be apt to view its existence with a more or less hostile 

 envy. 



In these days we must bear in mind that shoot- 

 ing becomes every day more distinctly a matter 

 of luxury, while the demand for it is constantly in- 

 creasing, and its value rising in proportion. The 

 game question lies very near the root of the land 

 question, and the responsibilities of an owner or 

 sporting tenant become more serious and delicate as 

 time goes on. In my humble judgment the preser- 

 vation of game should only be undertaken by those 

 who are prepared to treat it as a luxury, and who can 



