HARE POACHING. 



The merry brown hares came leaping 



Over the crest of the hill, 

 Where the clover and corn lay sleeping 



Under the moo alight still. 



hare season generally began with 

 partridge poaching, so that the coming 

 of the hunter's moon was always an in- 

 teresting autumnal event. By its aid the first 

 big bag of the season was made. When a 

 field is sown down, which it is intended to 

 bring back to grass, clover is invariably sown 



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