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much, I think, to the safety of the fish. He is cer- 

 tainly a terror to all who know him. It is true a watch- 

 dog can be shot or poisoned, and so be got out of the 



"Jack" 



way ; but he is at least another barrier to danger, and 

 as long as he lives, at all events, he is a protection. 



There are other safeguards inside of the fence which 

 are disclosed only to the poachers themselves, but 

 which make the way of the transgressor exceedingly 

 perilous. I would add here that the racks which 

 are put over the ponds to keep off the birds are also 

 a protection against a line being thrown over the fence 

 among the trout. But for all the protection of these 



