190 POOR PUSSY! 



say this was years before the passing of the 

 Ground Game Act. 



But so far I have spoken principally of 

 rabbits ; and bunny can look after himself. 

 Except In a few odd places, he Is neither 

 exterminated, nor likely to be. I plead for 

 the hare, which Is fast disappearing In many 

 places. The recent Act forbidding the sale 

 In summer months may do something, but I 

 have only heard It spoken of, as a rule, as 

 "the thin end of the wedo-e." This Is a 

 mistake. We must not think we shall get 

 half the Ground Game Act repealed. That 

 question has unfortunately been made too 

 much a party question. Nor, I think, shall 

 we, without a lot of trouble and without 

 causing much ill-feeling, get a proper close 

 time for hares such as pheasants have. The 

 spirit of to-day Is towards decentralisation, 



