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THE GAMEKEEPER AT HOME. 



hauled and searched, or when the ' bag ' is large, the game 

 is frequently hidden in a rabbit-hole, taking care to fence 

 the hole some distance inside with a stout stick across it, 

 the object of which is that if the keeper or a sportsman 



RUBENS SPORTSMAN. 



should pass that way his dogs, scenting the game, will 

 endeavour to scratch out the earth and get in after it. 

 This the cross stick will prevent, and the keeper will prob- 

 ably thrash his dog for refusing to obey when called off. 

 A great deal of poaching used to be accomplished by 



