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THE PROTECTION OF WOODLANDS. 



rabbits were kept down plantations would cost less, and be 

 much more profitable than at present. 



As regards the damage done, game may be classed as (1) big 



Fig. 34- 



Damage caused by Game and Rodents. 



a. Hornbeam gnawed by Field-mice. 



b. Beech frayed by Deer. 



c. Asli and Beech gnawed by Rabbits. 



d. Spruce gnawed by Squirrels. 



game, including red, fallow, and roe-deer ; (2) ground (/awe, 

 hares and rabbits ; and (3) feathered game. 



Red Deer (Cervus elaphus) eat acorns and beech-nuts, 

 bite off buds and young shoots, gnaw the bark of poles in 



