VERMIN. 



HE word " vermin " 

 is used here in refer- 

 ence to the animals 

 and birds noxious to 

 the game - preserver, 

 and not to members 

 of the pulex family, 

 a member of which 

 one of my terriers is 

 at present trying to 

 remove from his neck 

 with his hind foot. 



On looking over 

 the gamekeeper's pil- 

 lory a rail fixed to 

 two trees adjoining 

 the kennels, I could 

 not help thinking 

 that a few of the 



