POACHERS AND POACHING. 



only he ; but, bless ye, that didn't fit nohow, for 

 he warn't half so smooth as he looked, I ken tell 

 ye. He was a good un too, an' no mistake, for 

 he let me off only I was fool enough to start 

 agin somewhere else." 



Over - cunning, also, at times overreaches itself; 

 setting traps in certain places, and springing them 

 afterwards, with rabbits' flick scattered about to 

 indicate a supposed struggle, is not the wisest 

 trick to play, when some people are in the habit 

 of walking through the woodlands especially when 

 these tricks are played for the purpose of stopping 

 up paths if possible. There is a great deal in 

 everything ; but it is apt to be made unpleasant 

 for some when such little games are frustrated 

 at times. 



I prefer not to dilate on any of the ruffianly 

 proceedings that have taken place at different 

 times in connection with poaching ; the public 

 papers give us more than enough of that. These 

 sketches relate of those who have done the thing 

 for the pure love of it, and chiefly because it 

 was something they ought not to have done. If 

 it could only be known how many, now in very 



