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kind are not generally numerous, and a goodly pro- 

 portion of these answers are usually from men who 

 have neither knowledge nor experience of the work. 

 Men trained as gamekeepers are as a rule quite use- 

 less. The fact that in addition to looking after the 

 pheasants, the man in his previous place had to watch 

 and preserve a salmon pool or some length of a brook 

 containing trout of the average herring size is no re- 

 commendation. An honest, sober, hard-working, in- 

 telligent man who starts with the intention of devoting 

 himself to the fishery will generally in a few years 

 gain enough information and experience to be quite a 

 good keeper. If one has the good luck to find a suit- 

 able man or to train one who can learn, he must be 

 paid liberal wages and have a comfortable cottage 

 near the stream. Obviously such a keeper must be 

 treated with courtesy and consideration, and every 

 effort should be used to retain his services as long as 

 possible. 



If two are required, the under-keeper should be 

 under the control of the head-keeper, and all orders 

 should be issued to the head-keeper, who should com- 

 municate them to the under-keeper. A thoroughly 

 reliable head-keeper should receive his own and the 

 under-keeper's wages, handing over to the under- 

 keeper the amount due to him each week. 



During the fishing season, while the fishermen are 

 at the river-side, the keeper is very much in evidence ; 

 but in the early autumn, when the trout fishing is 

 over, the anglers who do not care for grayling fishing 



