CHAPTER XXIV. 



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THE MANAGEMENT OF THE GAME DEPARTMENT AND 

 SHOOTINGS ON AN ESTATE. 



IN this chapter I do not mean to enter into any details as to the man- 

 agement of game, but merely wish to give some statements which may 

 be of advantage to those who have to deal with shootings, &c. 



On most estates there is a head-gamekeeper, who looks after and pays 

 any assistants he may have under him, and the head-keeper has to ac- 

 count for his transactions either to the proprietor or to the agent on the 

 estate. Very often the gamekeeper is placed in a position quite inde- 

 pendent of the agent, and hence the frequent disagreement often met 

 with. An agent on an estate should be his employer's agent in every- 

 thing in connection with the estate ; and where this is the case, the 

 general work of the property goes on much more smoothly, and in a more 

 economical manner, than where the heads of departments have indepen- 

 dent and separate powers given them. 



In order that a full and proper statement of the dealings in the game 

 department may be clearly shown at stated intervals and this may be 

 either once in each week or month, as may be found necessary the 

 gamekeeper should keep strict and proper accounts of all his transac- 

 tions. Statement No. 1 is the form which we use for keeping an 

 account of the game killed, being the same form as issued by Gardiner 

 & Son of London under the name of " Webb's Game-Book." 



