Poaching Alarm Guns. 



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to order them to quit, to confiscate nets, dogs, traps, fire- 

 arms, or any other means for taking game. He is also 

 empowered thereby to arrest night poachers under i & 2 

 Will. IV., c. 32. 



Of course, there are keepers and keepers, and it remains 

 for the master to discriminate between the good and the 



FIG. 42. ALARM GUN. 



bad ; but, without going into this matter, we may say that 

 there is no greater poacher and no greater enemy to pre- 

 serving than a bad gamekeeper. 



With regard to the mechanical aids to gamekeepers in not 

 exactly warding off poachers, but in giving notice of their 

 presence, it is advisable to note a few of the most approved 

 types of alarm-guns. These machines are for the most part 



