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artful man, and a most determined poacher, 

 and had given us a great deal of trouble, but 

 there, as I said before, anyone could get away 

 from old Dick. 



Poaching, if pursued systematically and 

 cleverly, is a good paying game, especially in 

 the nesting season. There are always plenty 

 of receivers of poached game and eggs, who 

 give a fair price, and manage their business in 

 such a manner that, although you can swear 

 positively that the game and eggs came from 

 your beat or wood, yet you cannot lay hold of 

 them. The only way to catch a poacher is to 

 take him red-handed. In the locality where I 

 was under-keeper, there were paths (rights of 

 way) running alongside the woods, and some- 

 times through them, and these rendered it 

 doubly difficult to catch poachers, in such a 

 manner as to lead to a conviction. It is of no 

 use to search a man on one of these paths, 

 unless you have actually seen him use that 

 path for trespassing in pursuit of game ; 

 otherwise you search him at your own risk. 

 You can summon him if you see him leave the 



