CHAPTER VIII. 



HARES, RABBITS, AND FARMERS. 



IWANT, now to draw your attention to the 

 methods of snaring employed b}- poachers, 

 and the various ways in which a keeper in the 

 old days, had to meet and defeat the same. I 

 say "old days," because I don't know what 

 eftect the recent "Hares and Rabbits Bill" 

 may have, or has had on the ground game, 

 but I do know that wherever it is extensively 

 preserved without an efficient staff of keepers 

 to look after them, there will always be men 

 found to poach them. Poachers have often 

 told me that they mostly take the game for 

 the excitement, rather than on account of 



