82 NATURAL HISTORY OF THE HARE 



retired poacher as one of his watchers, he may pick 

 up some additional wrinkles. Country carriers, milk- 

 men, waggoners and other humble men traffic in the 

 carriage of game. Publicans and local dealers 

 facilitate cash advances upon fur and feather. The 

 village barber is often sounded by strangers as to the 

 likeliest receiving-house for a wild rabbit, and his in- 

 formation is generally at the service of his customers ; 

 for he is loquacious by habit, and thinks evil of no 

 man. 



