Men went by pheasants with as much indifference as they would pass a tame duck by the roadside.
Such poachers as visited the woods came from a distance.

Two determined raids were carried out by strangers, who escaped.

Every now and then wires were found that had been abandoned, but the poaching ceased to be more than is usual on most properties.

So far as the inhabitants of the parish were concerned it almost ceased altogether; but every now and then the strollers, gipsies, and similar characters carried off a pheasant or a hare, or half a dozen rabbits.

These offenders when detected were usually charged before the Bench at a market town not many miles distant.