146 TEN YEARS OF GAME-KEEPING 
the guns ‘they was welcome to kill all the rabbits, 
but if they wanted to shoot anything else they must 
shoot theirselves.’ 
Apart from other considerations, too many rabbits 
are not good for game; but it would be a sorry 
prospect for keepers, game, and foxes if rabbits 
were exterminated, for they are the buffers of peace 
in the community of the woods. 
