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count, destroy a fox where hounds are kept ; 

 / thi?ik it a dishonmrable and ungentlemanlike 

 act; but I would desire the master of the 

 hounds to draw my covers frequently in 

 the spring of the year, and I would dig in 

 all the earths, and if a fox draws the holes 

 open, which they will do, provided they are 

 fond of and attached to the spot, then you 

 should funk the earths with brimstone and 

 assa-foetida, or push a dead cat (stinking) 

 as far as you can into the hole, or any thing 

 else which is filthy ; for a fox is a clean 

 animal, and will go somewhere else to 

 breed. 



The best method to preserve your game 

 from foxes, is to encourage a great quantity 

 of rabbits in your woods ; where they have 

 plenty of rabbits, they will not destroy 

 much game. 

 Jitch^r's's«. ^ovi shall now be informed how to catch 

 km^iTRars every rat on your premises, without using 



without poison. . " 1 • 1 • .11 1 .. 



poison, which is not only dangerous, but 

 has proved very expensive to many; for 

 when the rats eat the poison, they grow sick 

 and faint, and creep under the floors, and 

 behind the wainscots of the bouse ; there 



