CHAPTER XVI. 



SNARING AND TRAPPING FOXES. 



I NOW purpose telling the different methods 

 of snaring and trapping foxes, but it is 

 only for the benefit of Scotch and Welsh 

 keepers, and of such other keepers as live in 

 places where hounds are not kept. I should 

 advise all keepers, where hounds are kept, not 

 to trap or shoot foxes ; if any keeper takes to 

 these practices he will soon be suspected and 

 found out, making many enemies and few 

 friends. 



" Ah !" you say. " I don't care, my master 

 doesn't hunt." That may be, but the hunting 



