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b^med 'em & to smtiaar own stosSL The dogs 

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 got precaous fittfe way. Ye see they be strange, and 

 don't know where to nm to. But ifsaffl right if they 

 finds and kills a fox.* 



Foxes are the canse of nwwe trouble and IH4eefing 

 amongst keepers than all the rcstofffee wnmn pot 

 together. Almost any offence is overlooked more 

 readily than the killing of a fox. 



Poaecats, stoats, and weasels aH live and bunt in 

 old hedges bordered by waste grounds, dose to the 

 highroads. I have known all three species to be 

 procured from one old hedgerow. In some localities 

 where I have lived, the powerful and femccaons pole- 

 cat was so common that his name was constantly 

 used to express all that was bad. The nearer he 

 could establish himself to a house the better it snited 

 him ; and he had the very worst reputation on ac- 

 count of the harm he did to poultry. 



Rabbits, rats, mice, frogs, and birds all live and 

 roost or rest in hedges. The bottom of any good 

 old hedge parting two fields is a perfect fortress for 

 the creatures. Strange to say, the hunt will be 



