258 NATURE AND WOODCRAFT. 



His harvest is usually greatest in February 

 and March, when hares are found in company. 



Keepers and others interested in the preserva- 

 tion of hares ought to remember that a hare 

 once netted can never be retaken in a similar 

 manner. The moral of this is, that where 

 poachers are troublesome, every hare on an 

 estate ought to be taken in the manner indi- 

 cated, and then turned loose. 



