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and at intervals there are mewses through which the hares are 

 driven out. These, however, do not come within the scope 

 of game preserving, being properly a portion of the courser's 

 business. Into the warrens a certain number of hares are 

 turned, an equal proportion of young does and bucks, and 

 allowed to breed. A certain amount of attention and care 

 for the stock is necessary, but otherwise they may be 

 left to themselves, and the produce caught and turned 

 away as they mature. It is best to obtain the breeding stock 

 from a distance ; it should be changed every twelve months, 

 and new blood continually diffused in the preserve. 



As a subject of sport the hare, as far as shooting goes, is 

 but second-rate, and far inferior to its relative, the rabbit ; 

 but as an article of food it is in great request, and if an 

 estate can be made to produce a large number besides the 

 regulation pheasants and partridges, the sale will go a long 

 way towards paying the expenses of the bird-raising. In 

 this case, the hares will require killing down independently 

 of the pheasant and partridge shooting, and the best way is 

 without having recourse to the gun. Hares may be either 

 trapped, snared, or netted. The second of these modes is 

 not uncommon, and the first-named can be made effective ; 

 but the last is the means chiefly put into practice. For full 

 particulars as to trapping, snaring, and netting hares, we 

 must refer the indulgent reader to our " Practical Trap- 

 ping."* 



The diseases of hares are not many, but in some seasons 



* Practical Trapping: Being some Papers on Traps and Trapping for 



Vermin, with a chapter on General Bird Trapping and Snaring. By W. 



Carnegie ("Moorman"). London: L. Upcott Gill, 170, Strand. In paper, 

 price is., by post is. i4. 



