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Oct. io,' 1908.] 
HUNTING IN FRANCE.- 
The opening of the shooting season in France 
( ills attention to the fact that, although “la 
lasse” is a pastime which every Frenchman 
)oner or later indulges in, it is also a source of 
Dnsiderable profit to the State and others, 
jtting into circulation no less than $200,000,000 
/ery autumn. 
The calculation is made by the Vicomte 
lary, President of the St. Hubert Club of 
ranee, who, says the Times, points out that 
le “chasse” affects alike the private citizen, 
le State, and the Communes. Apart from the 
rmy of game keepers, beaters, and gillies, who 
;e indispensable there are the gun and ammu- 
ition makers, the tailors, motor car manufac- 
irers. and upholsterers. The “chasse” also 
uts money into the pockets of the inn and 
otel keepers and game dealers. It is a source 
f much profit to those who own shooting 
reserves and let them, incidentally, to notaries 
nd lawyers, insurance companies and veter- 
laries. 
As for the Communes, they receive $2 on 
very shooting license issued, which represents 
bout $1,000,000 per annum, besides the revenue 
om dog licenses, and the tax on horses and 
images. the “octroi” taxes on game, and the 
urns derived from the letting of shooting 
ghts over communal territory—the total repre¬ 
senting several million francs. But the State 
'aims the lion’s share. Recent statistics show 
j lat, in return for the granting of 484,627 
• perrnis” last year, the State pocketed nearly 
ooo.ooof. and the monopoly of powder brought 
1 another io,ooo,ooof. 
Two million francs more were derived from 
■le hunting and shooting rights in connection 
i-ith the State forests, and a considerable sum 
pmes to the coffers of the Government from 
le customs dues, stamp and registration taxes, 
jdicial fees, and expenses in connection with 
le drawing up of legal documents affecting lo- 
ation rights, law actions, swearing in of 
eepers, etc. It will thus be seen that the 
brmidable sum of $200,000,000 mentioned by 
r icomte Clary may easily be attained, but the 
resident of the St. Hubert Club goes further, 
nd asserts, that this amount might be doubled 
only “la chasse” were properly organized and 
xploited in a methodical manner. 
NEXT! 
From the time of Polycrates onward, “fish 
tories” have had an evil reputation among the 
eneral public. But here is a true story which 
an be substantiated by the evidence of eye- 
f. fitnesses, and is yet far more intrinsically in¬ 
credible than many of the tales told by anglers 
nd instantly labelled as lies by their hearers, 
five or six years ago a gentleman lost a set 
f artificial teeth while bathing fin one of the 
■ lighgate ponds. One morning last week an¬ 
ther bather—a Mr. Grimwood—dived in from 
lie spring-board, and on touching the bottom 
fith his hands felt something hard between his 
, ngers. He caught hold of the hard substance 
[nd brought it to the surface. It proved to be 
le set of false teeth lost many years before, and, 
y a strange coincidence, the owner of the teeth 
'as on the bank of the pond at the moment 
1 ley were found!—Fishing Gazette. 
THE LONELY COOT. 
Tom Jenkins owned an old musket, 
Aged ninety years or more; 
Andf everywhere that Jenkins went, 
You’d find this old smoothbore. 
He took it to the shore one day. 
The wary duck to shoot; 
And when the pebbly beach he reached 
He spied one lonely coot. 
For once the gun did not miss fire, 
To Tom’s unbounded glee; 
And around that coot’s devoted head 
Struck a charge of double B. 
Eight times or more Tom shot in vain, 
Then cursed his wayward luck; 
This iron-clad coot that died so hard 
Was but a decoy duck. 
—Herbert A. Davies. 
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