10G NATURE AND WOODCRAFT. 



taken in steel traps baited with a pheasant's or 

 a hen's egg. At times Squirrels are killed in 

 hundreds, but they do not grace the larder, as 

 neither do the spiny Hedgepigs. Squirrels bark 

 young trees, especially ash-stoles and holly. 



Occasionally, a creature more rare than the 

 rest adorns the larder. The old Keeper re- 

 members a White-tailed Eagle and a Great 

 Owl. Sometimes a Peregrine is shot, and more 

 rarely, in autumn, a Hobby or a Goshawk. 



