Show POACHERS OF ENGLAND who ho they are and now how they ply illy their avocation just as a liar may bo be something else besides beside a liar so BO a poacher may bo be and usually is something else besides a poacher very commonly lie calli h himself lm a farm laborer short and intermittent juit tent jobs are what ho he likes best and lie he often changes his master lie will engage himself liim self to a farmer in order to 0 o gain tho the right of going gain upon certain land and then after a careful survey he will set gins where lie ho thinks proper to bo be ordered to work in a field next to a covert is what N fiat lie he likes best and when his nin masters back is turned lie he notices the bar hares runs in the fence that divides the field from the wood at night he re turns to the scene of ills his observations and sets a loose purse net over each run lie then goes into the covert and walks through the side of it next nest to tho ilia fence when tho the chances are that at least a hare or two will become entangled in his nets the innocent laborer typo of poacher sometimes carries a ferret and a rabbit not net in his dinner basket and seats himself on a hedge bank honeycombed with burrows to take ills ids midday meal with a result which can easily bo be imagined cattle drovers and butchers men often do a great deal of poaching they are fond of keeping 0 greyhounds grey hounds and they train one do dog to ran range rane e while the kotlier oth er sneaks about in readiness to run into any hare or rabbit that may bo be turned to him sometimes they carry their greyhounds grey hounds in a aig light lit spring aprin cart and when they see hares bares feeding i in a field by bv the roadside they atop and send their dogs over the isnec fence these greyhounds grey hounds are taught to hunt betit by scent as well asby as by sight estill A still more favorito favorite dog to among poachers of this sort is a auiler luraner althou although h many fear to keep one because his N very cry existence is s enough to stamp his owner as a man of doubtful character chai acter property properly speaking a ij ilia result of a cross between a greyhound and a colly but ho be is not always a first cross and lie ho frequently inherits a strain etrain of some other breed ile is a desperate and deadly enemy to hares arid and rabbits and ho he generally unites an excellent noso and great speed with surprising sagacity and cunning of all things it is most important ina in poachers do dog 0 that lie ho should never give tongue we can remember the time tim when ewhen lurch larch ers tails used to be cut to give their owners an excuse for pretending that they were nvere sheep dogs in these days however sheep dogs aro are usually allowed to loop their tails so there is no object in docking a colliers aro arc much given to poaching in somo some districts their favorite do dog is is produced by crossing a very small grey hound with a bull terrier or spaniel sunday is their great day for poaching during the ilia hours of divine service they go for walks in little parties of three or tour four along public foot paths and allow their dogs to range in the fields and to draw the lied hedgerows hedge crows rows As every ilag magistrate Is has good reason for knowing a large number of pat petty tty poaching cases depend upon the ilia question whether the culprit was or was not upon what ila ho calls the at tho the time the offense vas committed A rat catcher end and a mole catcher have many opportunities of lim poaching ching and owners of sho shootings otin s and gamekeepers game keepers would do well to keep a charp eye upon persons following those callings perhaps the w worst ors t of all kinds hinds of poachers aro are poaching game cri A who hints at anything thin like sharp practice with regard to a neighbors boundaries is never to be trusted about ills his own masters interests wo we remember a hee keeper heeper per who was employed on oil art an outlying shooting sheeting sonic some miles from home the raan man had always alwais a good show of birds and sent a regular supply for the table but it turned out that lie he was one of the greatest poachers in the county and that he bad kill fillad ad and sold tho the neighbors game if not his masters in considerable quantities saturday review |