252 SHOOTING THE PARTRIDGE 
there is open country enough to make it worth 
having. 
My object has been to point out that in too many 
cases game-preservers play into the hands of the 
malicious agitation which town-bred politicians, rely- 
ing upon the ignorance of their audience, are always 
ready to ferment, by neglecting to appreciate the 
human nature of the question, and by not sufficiently 
studying the point of view of those who live close 
around them, on whose co-operation they are abso- 
lutely dependent for a due enjoyment of their sport. 
