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places the guns himself, instead of leaving his duty to 

 the keeper. 



Secret commissions come within the category of 

 tips, and although they are in reality a species of dis- 

 honesty, which tips are not, they have almost grown 

 to be recognised as respectable. Since the passing of 

 the Act to prohibit it, however, the practice has very 

 much declined, and rightly too. There is a society 

 now in existence to carry out the provisions of this 

 useful Act, and it is to be hoped that all who have it 

 within their power will endeavour to prevent it from 

 becoming a dead letter. 





