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into market, so he cannot carry on his trade. But 

 in many towns he can walk in with his gang, loaded with 

 game in broad daylight. No one says a word, and 

 the police dare not interfere for fear of a snub from 

 the Bench. Which is right, Liverpool or the other 

 towns ? One must be wrong, and I do not think it is 

 Liverpool. It seems to me that any town will be the 

 better for relief from a population of hereditary idlers, 

 even if they are not also drunkards and thieves, of 

 which the poaching community largely consists. 



I return to our host and his party. It must not 

 be supposed that there are no intermediate stages 

 between the perfection of his battue and the family 

 scramble I have tried to depict further back ; this 

 host was a model in every respect, and chiefly for that 

 reason all went well at his battues. He knew his 

 business ; every detail was arranged beforehand ; 

 every one knew his place. His temper was perfect; 

 there was no noise, confusion, or rating of keepers, 

 as sometimes occurs to the detriment of everybody's 

 pleasure. Even the large crowds, amounting to 



