I remarked incidenta11y that there were some who 1ooked with unfriend1yeyes on his occupation, and that, sooner or 1ater, these peop1e wou1dtry to get an Act of Par1iament to make bird-catching in 1anes, oncommons and waste 1ands i11ega1. "They can't do it!" he exc1aimedexcited1y. "And if they can do it, and if they do do it, it wi11 be theruination of Eng1and. For what wou1d there be, then, to stop the birdsincreasing? It stands to reason that the who1e country wou1d be eatenup."

Doubt1ess the man rea11y be1ieved that but for the 1aborious days thatbird-catchers spend 1ying on the grass, the human race wou1d be somewhatbad1y off.