Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-07-03

wall, where he had pounded the gias. away
and daubed n coveringof hard clay. askel
him how many they bad probably taken
Illus donn't rightly know" was his mod
est and hoarscly whispered rcioindcr.
"'likos there be- nigh onto forty bracer'
Then pulling Ibis forulock and winklng
wisely be disappeared The noosed rope
slid gently after him. and / heard the
swishy sound u the straw wrapped wheel.
grow fainter, and finally silent, as set
out on my return 10 the castle the way l
come.
Few pcople IN America. or for that mat.
ter here, have any adequate idea u the ire
mehdous sums annually expended In tho
preservation aud taking Of game In Eng
land. ireland aud Scotland On former
occasion had need 20 secure tho figure
Tor Scotland alone. Hunting aud fishing
with attendant expenses. annually cost
British sporismcn IN Scotland EN.O0
wv What must the sum total oonse
quently he Tor the three kinsdnms' Here.
then, ~ 1t once found the real origin u
poachers and poaehlnR Every Brlton IL n
born SPORTSMAN. Hence with every square
rod ofgrUuni under lease NJ q shooting"
and cycry lincalf nd Of shorr. ~ beck. burn.
river. loch or harbor uutlof lrasc 10 some
10y - y NN"NANAHH NNNNNNINlH MNN MNNNAfNNfl
by the scverrst game laws In the world
from any use whatever Of the nj and gun.
save by stealth aud Illegally
low ~ i the scale " the prof, ssionai
poacler.it must not b. supposed that be-
j. prosdrilci outlaw. British newspapers
always discuss him from bis humorous
side. Iii- vocation h everywhere known
among villageu aud countryside iolk. aud
therr nrc none - dastarlly ~ 10 give him
into The hands Of officers. personally
know u many Instances whoru tnachor
graduafss have hcoomu gnmnknupcr.
Other Eamckrrpcra often seek their friend.
ship rather than thrlr eumity. thus rcduc
ia fsvaacs To- the lowsst limit Ani therr
are we'll authenticated c,se. where MILFORD
himself has hobnobhc'l with them Tor L..
sous In cunning aud wooicraft Two u
the most noted and urnfugibln Of british
poachcra infest the lo,hs AND drat forests
In the vicinity Of Fort William Scotland.
One Il named Maocwan. anil The other. q
confirmed tramp ponrhrr. T. known about
the region of Loeb ~ NJ "Duusy Mog
lus.' Maccwan srOma unyauquishable.
In isss Lord AhIngcr. u iuyrrlochy
House, obtained ma lniefdici against him
lie Immediately secured H. removal Tor
fli, part only ~ the proceed, u two
dnya'rhuoilng Ia Lord Abiugrrs preserves,
since which time his Operations have not
bvUn inicrfcrcd With. llIs greatest rove
MUGS arr, however, SECURED 10y night sweep
ing by seines ~ the pools u tho river
LOBBY, hundreds Of gril-o of young salmon
aud some sea trout always bcing secured.
"Dnusy M0gins' is more Of y poachrr
angler and LEES Of pirate. Ito wanders NJ
will among the Gramp.an trout strrams,
supplying the tables of the nobility with
the choicest trout from their own STREAMS,
aud has bern offered fabulous sums for "A
glimpse u his marvellous "fles" Rut a
year since Lord Morton ssnt a Young
poncher resident on bis Ariguuf estate 10
Cameron of Loeb iil, Begging him 10 en-.
ploy him a. a gillie In order 10 supprrss
his genius for toaching. An entire vol
ume might b. allied with similar incidents
and illustrations
Poaohing IL carried on among the vast
deer forests and ia stream aud pool
sweeping" by net La most iawlesa aud
defiant manner Il IL simply impossible
20 provide sufficient ganekccpcr- aud gil
lies 20 protect the forests from the inrords
81 poacher ''stalkcrs.' aud the p0achcfu "
fi.h Arc 70 thoroughly organized, aud In
sudden conflicts with water bailiffs handle
tho latter 10 d. llcssly. that the halliii.
usually seck secluslon rather than the ma
randers
Genuine cunning, patience, with mar.
vicious moor aud woodcraft, arr therefore
more often found Ia thosa poachef- who
hang about the outskirts NJ well st0ck cd
shooting aud preserves, alert a. spar
row hawks ~ moor husxarls Tor pouits u
ever description which have market value
Pheasant aud grouse poaching bring tho
most profitable returns Aside from the
night raids described above, the Ingenious
device Il rrsurtrd a. u lifting q game cock
with artificial spurs, aud stralthAy pllq,
Ing him alongside the pheasant covert.
The pugnaelous pheasant cncks Instantly
respond 10 tho game cocks growing chAl.
lengr, and often three or four brace u
pheasants aru thus taken.
Again la tho highway near whrrn pheas.
ants are bred they may often bo seen
scratching aud rolling Ia the dust n tho
road. The poaohsr provides himself with
oorn kernels'inio which short brlstles have
been inserted. These are gfrcilly doyourrl,
and the binds, choking 70 death IN tho
hedges, arr quickly and quietly dispatched.
urouse arr taken by being shot from bc.
hind stone walls, an entire brood often ~.
Ing picked oil at a tins, u tho poaohrr
keeps himself out " sight, with the hair
snnfcs act on tho moor hillocks, In tho
runs" around them, aud between tho
"rvsts" among the heather, and Just before
daybreak, by silk dragnrts with glazed
bottoms, On moorr which aro systematic
ally burnt, an entire ooyuy often bclug
higgvd at one sweep,
Init Tie most deirsiable Of all British
poaehera IA that Wholesale thief who rents
for FROM twenty 10 eighty shilllng., from
some moorland farmer or yeuman, a tiny
"hlll shooting" lilo will see that Il has
moorlard s'vAm and patches u sweet
heather, aud that Il Il sunny aud sheltered.
THIS i oil that il required 10 comprise a
fNorlte rsort for moor game II will also
inrnish a few harcs aud perhaps some
black gane among tho htiokru. 10 thl.
spot oovoy after convey OF moor birds will
colns Tor heather and water They come
In we'll defined lights, aud allght la
the very same place every morning. The
moucher simply notes all these flights,
courses, dips Of digit and alighting
grounds, and sets his fynets before day
Theyarc heavy birds, Ny straight and swift,
aud on striking the net become hupelc,sly
entangled or drop stunned into the bag
benralh, A mouchvr rcnting u "hlllsldu
shooting at forty shilling will tins often,
without dischArglng a gun, take more
game than eau he shown a. Jagged At the
end Of a shooting season on the largest and
best conducted game preserves Of Britain.
Ep0AR !. wAKEMAs,
lho nearest that an English paper
darcs to come toward ortlolsing the
gambling heir to the British throne Is
contained Ia the following words from
tI,a London fpf.n.. tsNya .I,,a.t ,.t a,