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make them invaluable to English shooting- 

 owners and tenants. Like the roe, they will 

 rarely if ever stray beyond the covert, 

 especially if a few bundles of hay are thrown 

 down in the rides in very severe weather. 

 Still, if possible, I would select a well-fenced 

 covert with no root fields bordering it. 

 They will, of course, do damage to young 

 trees, but (alas!) timber is worth so litde 

 now in England, that this will be well 

 compensated for by a close stalk on a late 

 summer evening, or a day's driving later on. 

 The best fun would be driving them to the 

 o-un with beao-les, but this must only be 

 practised on large estates, as the probable 

 result will be a shift of quarters to the next 

 covert ; and for this reason a woodland 

 where hounds often come should be avoided. 

 A covert with open glades or with under- 



