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the act." As with some other methods already 

 mentioned, the trap poacher is only a casual. 

 Ferretting is silent and almost invariably 

 successful. In warrens, both inequalities of 



the ground, 



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ditches af- 

 ford good 

 cover. 



\ 

 My best 





and most 

 wholesale 



method of field-poaching for rabbits was by 

 means of two long nets. These are from a hun- 

 dred to a hundred and fifty yards in length, and 

 about four feet high. They are usually made of 

 silk, and are light and strong, and easily 

 portable. These are set parallel to each other 

 along the edge of a wood, about thirty 



