NOTES BY AN OLD SPORTSMAN 299 



In connection with the above hints, i fc 

 would seem almost superfluous to suggest 

 the necessity of great caution on the part 

 of the sportsman himself in refraining from 

 annoying the natives in any way ; crops 

 should be respected as far as possible ; traps 

 for game left standing, and dogs and cats 

 should not be molested, even when found 

 poaching. The people as a rule are so well 

 inclined, that a sportsman can very well 

 afford to forego his mischievous, or even 

 reasonable tendencies, rather than destroy 

 the entente cordiale which it is so much to 

 every one's interest to maintain intact. 



