146 TEN YEARS OF GAME-KEEPING 



the guns ' they was welcome to kill all the rabbits, 

 but if they wanted to shoot anything else they must 

 shoot theirselves.' 



Apart from other considerations, too many rabbits 

 are not good for game ; but it would be a sorry 

 prospect for keepers, game, and foxes if rabbits 

 were exterminated, for they are the buffers of peace 

 in the community of the woods. 



