CHAPTER X. 



KEEPERS. VERMIN CATCHING, ETC., ETC. 



EEMIN catching and trapping is a 

 most important part, I may say 

 the most important part of a game- 

 keeper's education, but it is very 

 indifferently attended to ; there are but few men 

 who are really good trappers. In many pre- 

 serves they want for nothing traps and poison 

 in abundance but there is a lack of energy, 

 perseverance, or knowledge. Poison has, in a 

 great measure, superseded the use of the gin ; 

 both are used, but I prefer the trap. 



The best mode of employing strychnine is by 

 placing it in the eye of any bird, rabbit, or 

 leveret you may employ as a bait. Some slit 

 the eye, and so introduce the poison ; I have 



