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Five Bells is a plough country, and hares generally run to 

 Frohock's covers. The T.F.B. must not interfere with the Cambridge- 

 shire, and rather than cause any ill-feehng we ought to give up this 

 meet. 



Waterbeach Slap Up is noted as "capital country" and 

 generally a safe find. If you run into the gardens and they behave 

 well ptarmigan would go down well, being cheap and new io them. 





This is one of the common operations of fen agriculture, and shows how T.F.B. can repay the 

 farmers' kindness. "One good turn deserves anotlier." — Drawn by A. H. Penn. 



The Observatory. — Hares are safer here from long dogs and 

 guns than anywhere in the neighbourhood. 



Fen meets give the best sport but are the most difficult to arrange : 

 a curmudgeon on a hundred-acre holding can spoil a couple of square 

 miles. There is also a good deal too much " long dog " work going 

 on. I give one or two typical cases. Most fen meets are train meets, 

 and then only such country as is close to a station is practicable. 



Waterbeach FEN.-n-Lovely country, nearly all grass, and hares 

 as big and strong as donkeys. The most difficult country to keep in 



