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in size, with a hundred hares in it, as I once 

 had in the Quarter-mile Field plantation ; now 

 hunt or otherwise disturb the plantation four 

 days in the week, and on the fifth day you 

 may find one brace of hares in it, but you 

 won't find more. Yet there have been no 

 hares killed ; it is simply the result of disturb- 

 ing the hares from day to day. 



In concluding this chapter I may mention 

 that a few mangold wurtzels and sweet carrots, 

 put in the covers, is a good thing to help keep 

 vour hares at home. 



