308 AN ENGLISH GAMEKEEPER. 



in my book on the Friday, according to his 

 request, he settled up all right, paying me 

 every penny, like a gentleman. 



I had nothing to complain of in any way, all 

 the time I lived with him, which was only five 

 or six months. He told me, when he paid me, 

 that he would not be able to pay me any more 

 money, but that I might remain keeper for him 

 as long as he stayed at Chilton House, if I 

 could kill enough rabbits to keep myself in 

 lieu of pay. He also told me to go over and 

 see Mr. Fowle, and ask him what should be 

 done with the birds in the pens, as the Major 

 would not want them. Mr. Fowle had left 

 milk white pheasants, pied birds — i.e.^ red and 

 white — and common pheasants, in the pens, 

 on the understanding that I was to breed up 

 the birds, and then divide them equally 

 between him and the Major. Mr. Fowle 

 urged me to do my very best, and promised 

 me a shilling apiece for the birds he took 

 away. The birds were not to go to Chute 

 Lodge, but to his place at Salisbury Plain, 

 where Parker was keeper, and Mr. Fowle 



