. Pheasants in covert and aviary . variousother birds will all serve as food for the cubs. willdestroy stoats, weasels, and rats, particularly rats, and this isabout the only useful function that can be assigned tothem beyond that of the pleasure they afford as sport inhunting them. A mangy Fox is the most cunning of all, and whenone is suspected of suffering from mange, the sooner it isdestroyed the better. It is no use to the hunting man,and the constant irritation induced by the parasites in theskin renders life intolerable to itself, consequendy it isalways on the prowl and does inc
. Pheasants in covert and aviary . variousother birds will all serve as food for the cubs. willdestroy stoats, weasels, and rats, particularly rats, and this isabout the only useful function that can be assigned tothem beyond that of the pleasure they afford as sport inhunting them. A mangy Fox is the most cunning of all, and whenone is suspected of suffering from mange, the sooner it isdestroyed the better. It is no use to the hunting man,and the constant irritation induced by the parasites in theskin renders life intolerable to itself, consequendy it isalways on the prowl and does incalculable harm. If akeeper has reason to suspect the existence of mangy Foxes,he should acquaint either the secretary or master of thehunt, failing this, one of the hunt servants, and co-operatewith such for the destruction of the affected animals. Mangein the Fox is a parasitic skin trouble and readily spreadsfrom one Fox to another both by direct and indirect instance, a burrow may be the medium of infection, if 208. s o 2?^ I/) X ?z gS P< ffl wc^ H CU (J , ?, Wo &< a wX m H ??A2K z < ENEMIES OF THE GAME-REARER it has been inhabited by a mangy Fox. Again, a Vixen iscapable of transferring this horrible trouble to her cubs. Foxes occasionally give trouble on the rearing-field,and the most effective method of excludingf them is toenclose it by a wire netting to the height of about 8feet. Four-inch mesh should be selected, and the nettingturned over at the top to the extent of about a couple offeet. Stout posts must support it at intervals, and thebottom portion must be pegged well into the not less than half a yard of mesh ought to bepegged down in the earth, to prevent a Fox scratching hisway through at the bottom, as the pertinacity of this craftyanimal is truly surprising, whilst his persistence in over-coming what may seem insurmountable objects is a factthat is well known to game-preservers in localities whereFoxes are troublesome
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