List ofgd llustrations 
PLATE 
8. ‘‘ CANARIES were . . . used in ambulance trains 
to cheer our wounded soldiers with their 
sweet song ”’ : : : ; 
. The first woman gamekeeper”’ . 
. “A wounded soldier . . . feeding the GuLLs ”’ 
. ‘A bird hostel, where soldiers’ pet birds were 
received ”’ 
. “A landscape of shattered trees and the 
ground so torn up by shells that there 
scarcely remained a single blade of grass ”’ 
. “To go up the communication trenches is like 
a ramble down a country lane ”’ 
. ‘“SwALLows quietly perched on war-telegraph 
wires ”’ 
. “A pet Macpre . .. found in the German 
trenches ’’ 
. ‘A PIGEON ... accompanied the guns through 
several fights” . ‘ ; : : 
. “A Stork... acquired the habit of meeting 
our aeroplanes” . ; : : ° 
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FACING PAGB 
IIz 
II3 
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