POULTRY CLAIMS. 31 



Sometimes they do, but it is very often, indeed, 

 that the real culprit is the shepherd's own dog. 

 Shepherds often give the dead lambs to their dogs, 

 and hence the mischief. One of the uses of 

 advertising the meets is to enable farmers to know 

 when to expect hounds, and so shut up their sheep 

 and stock and prevent any accident which might 

 possibly occur through hounds running through 

 them. 



