CHAPTER XXIII 



MISCELLANEOUS DUTIES 



As supplementary to the many questions that we have 

 discussed throughout this book, we append a few notes 

 on questions of miscellaneous yet very important 

 interest, which lie within the routine work of the 

 keeper. 



( i ) The very first duty of a keeper on entering a 

 new situation is to ascertain his boundaries and walk 

 round his marches. When he is able to obtain the 

 assistance of the outgoing keeper or of an under-keeper, 

 this is simple enough, but there are often instances 

 where he is unable to do this, and there are occasions 

 when a keeper cannot at the time of his arrival obtain 

 the advice of his master, who may not appear at the 

 shooting till August or September. When the property 

 is very extensive, he will, of course, consult any plan or 

 map of the ground that may exist, and should not 

 hesitate to make inquiries from the farmers and 

 shepherds. It often happens on very large moorland 

 shootings that the new keeper has some difficulty with 

 the outlying beats, and may inadvertently trespass on 

 ground not under his charge. He may, under these 



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