7 8 A FRIENDLY STOAT 



dence to keep them in check. It is an old story 

 this, the heavy hand of unthinking and narrow- 

 minded men destroying the balance of Nature ; 

 yet Nature's laws are not to be broken with 

 impunity. Some of us may yet see the day 

 when stoats and weasels will be imported at 

 great expense, and all too late ; just as was 

 seen in Australasia when the rabbit trouble first 

 threatened to overwhelm the run-holders there. 



