. Ten years of game-keeping . I likehunting less, not having done any except on I scarcely can be expected to rave about thejoys of hunting or the scent of foxes. I havelistened to much hound music, and have heardhounds called Melody—which may explain whyoften a huntsman or a whip apparently has littleear for music. Has anyone ever heard a saneand sober gamekeeper produce such sounds aspour from the raucous throats of hunt servants?It is well that foxes are not killed by uncouthsounds. I do not wish to give the impression that gameis safe from the depredations of foxes except inthe bre
. Ten years of game-keeping . I likehunting less, not having done any except on I scarcely can be expected to rave about thejoys of hunting or the scent of foxes. I havelistened to much hound music, and have heardhounds called Melody—which may explain whyoften a huntsman or a whip apparently has littleear for music. Has anyone ever heard a saneand sober gamekeeper produce such sounds aspour from the raucous throats of hunt servants?It is well that foxes are not killed by uncouthsounds. I do not wish to give the impression that gameis safe from the depredations of foxes except inthe breeding season, nor that the sitting hens alonesuffer; for I have found plenty of cock pheasantsamong the victims at an earth, and it is unlikely,to say the least of it, that they had been snatchedfrom a nest. It is a mistake to suppose that allpheasants go regularly to roost after* they are sixor seven weeks old; a considerable proportionsleep on the ground, even in winter. I haveknown dozens of pheasants to jug in roots all. Cubs interrupted feast.
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