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pheasant is prescribed in some places as an enemy to game , 

 which, as his general habits resemble those of a magpie, 

 he probably is ; but as he also destroys snakes, it would 

 be better to protect him stringently, since whatever harm 

 he may do to young pheasants or partridges would be in 

 most people's opinion amply offset by warfare on creatures 

 which are their enemies and ours alike. 



F, BC. 



