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and rabbits to the value of fifty shillings, 

 making his net outlay 10 for the year, 

 irrespective of the cost of a game licence 

 and his cartridge bill. This is quite a 

 realizable estimate, but even were it 

 doubled, our friend would get some 

 twenty enjoyable little days in the season 

 at l a day, a very reasonable figure when 

 compared with the expenses of other 

 forms of sport. 



Of course, to be successful on so small 

 a scale, the active goodwill of the farmers 

 is essential ; for if they be so disposed, 

 they can keep a good watch over the 

 ground while going about the ordinary 

 routine of their business. Some of the 

 labourers must be subsidized to keep the 

 vermin down and care for the nests in 

 spring, their efforts being best recognized 

 by a system of paying for results, which, 

 in the inevitable absence of constant 

 supervision, ensures some attention being 

 given to the interests of the shoot. Nor 

 has the tenant of such a shooting any real 

 cause to envy more fortunate people whose 



