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are, in Norfolk, three fpecies of animals, which, 

 on a certainty, are dcftrudtivc to him : thcfe 

 are Hares, Pheasants, and Sparrows: 

 the lafl of which are not Icfs difgraceful to 

 the farmers themfclvcs, than the two former 

 kre to their landlords ; and it would be 

 very difficult to fay, which of the three 

 would, to a well-wiflier to hufbandry, and a 

 ftranger in the country, appear the mod dif- 

 gufting fight. I confefs, that having pre- 

 conceived feme idea of the mifchiefs that muft 

 neccfiarily arifc from an inordinate quantity of 

 game, the clouds of fparrows which are fuffer- 

 cd to prey upon the produce of this country, 

 were to me the greater caufe of furprife, 



Butlhameful as is the waftc arising from fpar- 

 rows, it isinconfiderablc, when compared with 

 the devaflation which is caufed by hares and 

 pheafants, in the neighbourhoods of kept-covers. 



The turnep-crop, the main ftem of the 

 Norfolk hufbandry, fails a facrilice to hares: 

 The quantity they eai is confiderablc, but 

 fmall in comparifon with the wafie they create. 

 Before a hare will make her meal of turneps, 

 ihe will tafte, perhaps, ten, without meeting with 

 one to her tooth. Her method of tailing, is 



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