. The fox. -. THE FOX AS OUTLAW 155 and fewer foxes, it was not worth while to incur theodium of vulpecide. The influence of the landlordwas therefore, on the whole, on the side of theirpreservation. Even the shooting landowners favouredhunting. It was the well-to-do farmers naturalrecreation. Hunting comes at a time of year whenthe farmer can spare the time, if he has the money,and in those days it was his own fault if he had the other hand, the shooting farmer was regardedwith disfavour on many estates. He was often onterms which were hardly cordial with the gamekeeper,and at odds wit
. The fox. -. THE FOX AS OUTLAW 155 and fewer foxes, it was not worth while to incur theodium of vulpecide. The influence of the landlordwas therefore, on the whole, on the side of theirpreservation. Even the shooting landowners favouredhunting. It was the well-to-do farmers naturalrecreation. Hunting comes at a time of year whenthe farmer can spare the time, if he has the money,and in those days it was his own fault if he had the other hand, the shooting farmer was regardedwith disfavour on many estates. He was often onterms which were hardly cordial with the gamekeeper,and at odds with the agent or landlord about thedamage done by the game. Therefore he and hissons hunted, and sometimes kept hounds. There have been many notable farmers Mastersof Foxhounds or Harriers. Indeed, many historichunts owe their existence to the combination of thefarmers. The West Somerset Hunt, now for overfifty years governed and supported by the Luttrellfamily, began by the farmers helping a man namedRead, said
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