106 TEN YEARS OF GAME-KEEPING 
modern preservation and shooting demand keepers 
of better education than formerly, the time is not 
far distant when all keepers will be men of educa- 
tion, and, therefore, of enlightenment. In this way, 
and in no other, will come about a rational dis- 
crimination in the matter of creatures now so often 
slaughtered indiscriminately as vermin. What the 
thinking keeper of to-day resents is that all keepers 
should be tarred with the sins of individuals; but 
so long as the world lasts gamekeepers will continue 
to complain that there is no visible end to vermin, 
whether it be clothed in feathers or fur. 
