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and which I myself have often done, to 

 shoot, the next da}^ on a manor Avhere he 

 has leave ; and his dog be poisoned ; can any 

 man, in honour , justify the act? It is unwar- 

 rantable to lay poison, either by day or 

 ijight, in a wood or plantation, close to the 

 high public road. If poison be laid at ail, 

 surely it should never be laid but in woods, 

 remote from high public roads. In such 

 places, no dogs, but those belonging to 

 night poachers, can suffer; but, close to a 

 pubhc highw^ay, the dog of an unoffending, 

 travelling sportsman, may suffer. Such an 

 act, I avow publicly as my opinion, is un- 

 just, illiberal, and an outrage on the com- 

 munity, which cannot, in honour, he sanc- 

 tioned. Such haughty tyrants, I know, 

 were it not for our salutary laws which pro- 

 tect us, would ride, rough-shod, over that 

 part of the creation, who, unfortunately, 

 were so situated, as to be at their mercy. 

 However, let such men, possessed of every 

 thing in life to make it valuable to them, 

 recollect, that many have lost their lives 

 by a far less injury done to a fellow- 

 creature. 



