GAME V. FISH. 7 



silver-coated salmon, and, what is more, -will 

 cost you not a penny for food or keep. 



This is simply a case of cause and effect. 

 If your gamekeeper will put his foot in the 

 nests of the pheasants and partridges, don't 

 whine piteously about having no game. If 

 you keep the coverts quiet in the breeding 

 season, and are rewarded with good sport, 

 you are not really lucky, you only reap the 

 reward of foresight and prudence. 



Game birds and beasts on land have their 

 coverts — over these strict watch and ward is 

 kept. Over the water coverts, forests, and 

 plains, where live and breed the fish, but 

 little labour, if any, is bestowed. You offer a 

 premium, and you issue a habeas corpu 

 against hawks, rats, weasels, hedgehogs, and 

 all kinds of so-called vermin destructive to 



