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manor. They catch, also, a great number 

 of partridges and pheasants. A gamekeeper, 

 this season, assured me, that, one day, he 

 shot four brace of partridges, and two brace 

 of pheasants : three of the partridges had 

 but one leg, and one brace of the pheasants 

 only one leg. On manors, where gentle- 

 men wish to preserve the game, all the 

 warrens should be ploughed up, and farm- 

 houses built on them. This method will 

 bring in more rent, unless the soil be more 

 sterile than it generally is. Do I not re- 

 member the time when all the way from 

 Newmarket to Swaffham, was one con- 

 tinued rabbit-warren ? Where now is finer 

 land to be found ? 

 fhS^e"^ I am astonished that sportsmen do not 



uedsey^''^ order furze seed to be sown in every hedge 

 on their manor. There is no greater pre- 

 servative, in respect of cover, for all sorts of 

 game ; and surely it would considerablj- 

 strengthen the farmer*s fence, and assist in 

 keeping the cold winds for his cattle. 

 There is no cover so good as a furze cover, 

 for all game, particularly pheasants ; for 



