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home covers. There are two sides to every 

 question ; in this case plead with the squire, 

 and reason the matter with him, and you can 

 account for the hounds finding in your woods 

 by saying : — ** Well, sir, in the hunting season 

 the hounds draw other gentlemen's woods, and 

 thus disturb the foxes, who then shift to other 

 covers. I can't prevent a fox coming from the 

 forest to my covers, and besides, sir, you like 

 the hounds to find in your covers sometimes." 

 However much your master dislikes foxes, he 

 can't gainsay these arguments. 



" Yes," he answers. " But I don't want 

 them to find two or three at a time. I like 

 them to find occasionally, and run him, and kill 

 him, then when they come again and draw 

 blank, you can plead that they killed last time, 

 and they can't have their cake and eat it too. 

 Just tell them that, keeper, if they growl next 

 time." 



For the benefit of Scotch and Welsh keepers, 

 where no hounds are kept, and foxes are bound 

 to be destroyed, I relate the following methods 

 of trapping and snaring. 



