l^^v THOUGHTS UPON HUNTING* 



LETTER XIL 



XT'OU wifh to know how my warren hares are 

 -*- caught ? they are caught in traps, not un- 

 like to the common rat-traps. I leave mine al- 

 ways at the meufes, but they are fet only when 

 hares arc wanted: the hares, by thus conftantly 

 going through them, have no miftruft, and are 

 caiily caught. Thefe traps Ihould be made of 

 old wood, and even then it will be fometime be- 

 fore thcv will venture throufrh them. Other 

 meufes muft be alfo left open, left a diftafte 

 fhould make them forfake the place. To my 

 warren I have about twenty of thefe traps ; 

 though, as the ftock of hares is great, I feldom 

 have occafion to fet more than five or lix, and 

 fcarcely ever fail of catching as many hares. The 

 warren is pakd in, but 1 found it neceflary to 

 make the meufes of brick ; that is, where the 

 traps are placed. Should you at any time with 

 to make a hare-warren, it will be neceflary for 

 you to fee one firft, and examine the traps, 

 boxes, and ftoppers, to all which there are par- 

 ticularities not eafy to be defcribed. Should you 

 perceive the hares, towards the end of the fea- 

 fon, to become fhy of the traps, from having 



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