CHAPTER IX. 



CONCERNING DICK AND OTHER THINGS. 



npHE poachers about Chesham used to simply 

 -*" play with old Dick, he never caught one 

 except by accident, and when he did he could 

 never get his man convicted. He was no good 

 for watching snares, being always beaten ; he 

 had no patience, and it often happened that, 

 when a hare or rabbit was in the snares, the 

 men would not touch it as they suspected that 

 the place was watched. Then old Dick would 

 come out of his hiding, and l)lackguard them, 

 caling them all sorts of names and taunting 

 them with their want of courage, but of course 

 they only laughed at him and made off. There- 



