SPORTSMEN, FARMERS, SCC. 79 



We will now proceed to the destruction no-vtodestroy 



* all Vermin. 



of all vermin on a manor. T::ere is no 

 animal more easily caught than the large 

 forked-tail kite ; nor is there any animal ^^ ^""^ ^^'^^■ 

 more destructive to game, and especially to 

 partridges. Suppose that they only destroy 

 one partridge in a week^\"\\eve is a direct loss 

 of twenty-six pair of birds for the next breed- 

 ing season. 



Vermin destroy more game in the year 

 than is ever shot on the manor. Recollect, 

 that there are numbers of their enemies 

 at work by night, as well as by day, and, 

 provided the vermin be not destroyed, a 

 manor cannot be well stocked with game. 

 It is full as necessary to employ a vermin- Necessity of 



. . T rv^ 1 r» 1 employing a 



catcher, (but it is very ditncuit to imd one vermin-catch- 

 who is skilful,) as it is to keep gamekeepers, 

 to preserve your game from poachers. The 

 following methods, receipts, and lures, I 

 assure you I have acquired the knowledge 

 of, at a very considerable expense, in a course 

 of above thirty years, from the most expe- 



* But, suppose they destroy one every day, the 

 damage is incalculable. - 



