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Happily for this county ſquirrels and pheafants have not Jet appeared. Theſe deſtru&ive creatures have been thought» leſsly introduced into ſome places of Scotland, and are al- ready beginning to be a great nuiſance to the intereſts of a- griculture- A reward ſhould be offered to any perſon who would ſhoot, or otherwiſe deſtroy them. The evil ſhould be nipped off in the bud, and poſterity will ſay you have done right. No perſon ſurely would deſerve well of his fellow creatures who introduces into a country tigers, wolves, and yattleſnakes, however theſe creatures might pleaſe his parti- cular fancy. As little do thoſe perſons deſerve commenda- tion from ſociety who introduce hurtful animals, or encou- rage them aſter they are introduced,