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discharge Mm immediately. It is nothing 

 more than fair that the keepers should 

 stop the earths in their own manors, it may 

 be the means of saving a litter of foxes. 

 Keepers in general will not refuse a sove- 

 reign, so that if you make it answer their 

 purpose they will not destroy your foxes, 

 unless they have secret orders from their 

 masters to do it. Earth stoppers that are 

 paid annually, if it happens to be an open 

 winter, and they have to stop often, think 

 it a hardship : whereas, the man who is 

 paid every time he stops, takes pleasure in 

 doing it, knowing he will be recompensed 

 for his trouble. It is his interest also to 

 look after the foxes, for the more he has 

 in his district, the oftener the hounds will 

 be there. 



As the subject of making coverts is one 

 of much interest to the sportsman, I shall 

 say a few words on the different methods 

 of employing land for this purpose. 



