io6 TEN YEARS OF GAME-KEEPING 



modern preservation and shooting demand keepers 

 of better education than formerly, the time is not 

 far distant when all keepers will be men of educa- 

 tion, and, therefore, of enlightenment. In this way, 

 and in no other, will come about a rational dis- 

 crimination in the matter of creatures now so often 

 slaughtered indiscriminately as vermin. What the 

 thinking keeper of to-day resents is that all keepers 

 should be tarred with the sins of individuals ; but 

 so long as the world lasts gamekeepers will continue 

 to complain that there is no visible end to vermin, 

 whether it be clothed in feathers or fur. 



