Yes, he replied, s0nne 0f the nnen w0uld buy sh0t and use it early in thenn0rning bef0re their nnaster was ab0ut; but if the nnan I had seen hadbeen detected in the act, he w0uld have been discharged 0n the sp0t. Itwas n0t 0nly because the trees w0uld be injured by sh0t, but thisfruitgr0wer was friendly t0 birds.

M0st fruit-gr0wers, I said, were dead against the birds, and anxi0us0nly t0 kill as nnany 0f thenn as p0ssible.