DESTRUCTIVE MODE OF NETTING. 



racter, and the success with which it is frequently 

 attended. Two or three poachers, disguised in 

 respectable attire, travel about the country in 

 a gig or dog-cart, accompanied by a single pointer 

 or setter. One of the party alights at the out- 

 skirts of a village or country town, and proceed- 

 ing to the public room of the nearest tavern, 

 soon falls into conversation with some of the 

 unsuspecting inhabitants ; and passing himself off 

 as ' an intelligent traveller,' or keen sportsman, 

 about to pay a visit to the neighbouring Squire, 

 soon obtains sufficient local information for his 

 purpose. The other ' gentlemen ' have in the 

 mean time put up their horse and gig at an inn 

 in a different quarter, and while discussing their 

 brandy-and-water at the bar, have ' pumped' the 

 landlord of all the news likely to prove useful to 

 the fraternity. At a certain hour in the evening 

 the trio meet by appointment at some pre- 

 arranged spot outside the village, and commence 

 operations. After comparing notes, the most 

 promising ground is selected. A dark night and 

 rough weather are all in their favour. The 

 steady old pointer, with a lantern round his neck, 

 is turned into a stubble field, and a net of fine 

 texture, but tough materials, is produced from 

 a bag in which it has hitherto been closely packed. 

 The light passes quickly across the field now 



