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hunting seasons. There are partridges, mostly red- 

 legs, and a few wild pheasants in some places, and 

 rabbits everywhere. Seeing these last so abundant, 

 and so tame in the presence of man, one might 

 imagine that an island of furze on the downs is a 



Gulls on Seaford Cliff 



perfect paradise lor bunny all the summer long ; but 

 it is not so ; his chiefest and most subtle enemy, the 

 fox, is always lurking near, watching him in all his 

 outgoings and incomings. I doubt that foxes are any- 

 where in England more numerous than in some of the 



