Protection of Property. 165 



men who make a business of building these walls ; it 

 requires some skill and patience to select the stones 

 and fit them properly. They serve the purpose very 

 well, but the worst is that if once started the process 

 of destruction is easy and quick. Much more serious 

 offences than these are sometimes committed, as 

 cutting horses with knives, and other mutilations. 

 The fact that the fields are regularly perambulated 

 by keepers and their assistants night and day cannot 

 but act as a check upon acts of this kind. 



