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no vermin which run are so fatally destruc- 

 tive to all game as these animals ; they will 

 absolutely hunt a hare down which is above 

 half grown. A gamekeeper assured me, that> 

 about three years ago, he saw one which 

 was hunting a young hare, as regularly as 

 a hound would do. The animal got away 

 from him in a hedge. About two hours 

 after, returning that way, in the next field, 

 a turnip field, he observed a hare, above 

 half grown, cross the path, and this devil of 

 an animal following, and hunting it by the 

 foot, a very few yards behind. He had a 

 good dog for vermin with him, and killed it. 

 This most destructive animal may be de- 

 stroyed in the same manner as the polecat, 

 stoat, and weazle. 



The surest method to destroy all vermin, 

 and with the least trouble and labour to 

 yourself, is to poison them. This may be 

 done without incurring the danger of poison- 

 ing dogs, or any other animal, excepting a 

 cat; and if every cat which strays into the 

 fields were destroyed, it would be a great be- 

 nefit to a manor. I shall speak of pussy 

 shortl y. There is not a more destructive devil 



