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yourn will get ye into trouble afore long if you don't chain 

 'em up." "Why? What have they been doing ? " "I'll 

 tell 'ee, sir, what 'appens. That ere collie and tarrier o' 

 yourn hunts reg'lar together. The tarrier he finds the 'are, 

 and the collie he runs her down, then they 'ides their kill 

 in a bush or hedge. I've seen 'em a doin' of it a dozen 

 times and more, till I was sure and sartin, and then I 

 thought I'd better give you warnin', sir, for o' course I can't 

 'ave 'em goin' on killin' our 'ares like that." 



My friend was not quite convinced, but at the keeper's 

 suggestion he stole out early one morning, joined his in- 

 formant in a copse, and sure enough it fell out just as the 

 keeper had described. The confederates were caught, and 

 their poaching expeditions suppressed. 



