CHAPTER XII. 



GENERAL REMARKS. 



Where foxes and game are both required — that 

 is, a sufficiency of the former and an abundance 

 of the latter — suitable coverts are a necessity, and 

 if coverts can be provided for each the work of 

 production will be much simplified. Foxes dearly 

 love a cosy, well-kept gorse covert, big enough to 

 afford privacy and concealment, and dense enough 

 to yield shelter from piercing winds. If such a 

 gorse is planted, and kept quiet, foxes will not lie 

 much in the game-coverts, and this is a great 

 gain. 



The fox-covert ought to be as far distant as 

 possible from those intended for game, and yet 

 not quite on the boundaries of an estate, for to 

 form a fox-preserve on the boundary cannot be 

 considered a neighbourly action, and it is hardly 

 fair to seek credit for maintaining foxes when they 

 live to a large extent on ground other than your 

 own. Besides, this is a certain way to encourage 



