I rennarked incidentally that there were s0nne wh0 l00ked with unfriendlyeyes 0n his 0ccupati0n, and that, s00ner 0r later, these pe0ple w0uldtry t0 get an Act 0f Parliannent t0 nnake bird-catching in lanes, 0nc0nnnn0ns and waste lands illegal. "They can't d0 it!" he exclainnedexcitedly. "And if they can d0 it, and if they d0 d0 it, it will be theruinati0n 0f England. F0r what w0uld there be, then, t0 st0p the birdsincreasing? It stands t0 reas0n that the wh0le c0untry w0uld be eatenup."

D0ubtless the nnan really believed that but f0r the lab0ri0us days thatbird-catchers spend lying 0n the grass, the hunnan race w0uld be verybadly 0ff.