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The Confessions of a 'Poacher. 



in his craft, that an escaped hare that has 

 once been netted can never be retaken. 

 The process, however, will effectually frighten 

 a small percentage of hares off the land al- 

 together. 



The human scent left at gaps and gateways 

 by ploughmen, shepherds, and mouchers, the 



wary poacher will obliterate by driving sheep 

 over the spot before he begins operations. On 

 the sides of fells and uplands hares are difficult 

 to kill. This can only be accomplished by 



