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CHAPTER VII 
VERBUM SAP. 
ADVICE cannot go much farther than to insist again 
upon the policy, not to say necessity, of cultivating 
harmonious relations with those whose business it is 
to extract profit from the soil, who live upon it, and 
who therefore, if not allowed to participate in some 
way in the benefits derived from a stock of game, will 
be apt to view its existence with a more or less hostile 
envy. 
In these days we must bear in mind that shoot- 
ing becomes every day more distinctly a matter 
of luxury, while the demand for it is constantly in- 
creasing, and its value rising in proportion. The 
game question lies very near the root of the land 
question, and the responsibilities of an owner or 
sporting tenant become more serious and delicate as 
time goes on. In my humble judgment the preser- 
vation of game should only be undertaken by those 
who are prepared to treat it as a luxury, and who can 
