POACHERS IN WINTER 



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shooting as much as the more legal shooter does. In winter, 

 when a fresh fall of snow has taken place, a good load of white 

 hares is easily obtained, as this animal is found in very great 

 numbers on some mountains, since the destruction of vermin on 

 so large a scale has taken place. What with the sale of these 

 different kinds of game, and a tolerable sum made by breaking 

 dogs, a number of young men in the Highlands make a very 

 good income during the shooting-season, which enables them 

 to live in idleness the rest of the year, and often affords them 

 the means of emigrating to America, where they settle quietly 

 down and become extensive and steady farmers. 





BIVOUAC ON THE HILLS UNDER THE HEATHER 



