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system in each particular case for 

 pheasant - coverts need working on a 

 system every whit as much as any other 

 form of woodland ; thus on a cold clay 

 soil or in a district where foxes are rife 

 it may be wise to give over the woods 

 entirely to forestry, relegating the pheas- 

 ants to a negligible quantity in the 

 economy of the estate ; whereas on the 

 light sandy soil so congenial to game, 

 but often lacking in timber - forming 

 qualities the position may with equal 

 justice be reversed. 



Such extreme cases are however the 

 exception, and on the normal estate the 

 problem is more complex, game and 

 timber being required to thrive together. 

 Where the total area to be dealt with is 

 sufficiently extensive, it would seem best 

 frankly to assign certain woods to the 

 forester and others to the gamekeeper. 

 But here again we have supposed a 

 happier state of things than usually exists, 

 for only on large estates can such wood- 

 land areas be available for distribution. 



