INDEX 



301 



Ditchling, abundance of swal- 

 lows at, 185, 187 ; white owls 

 at, 187, 188 ; the churchyard 

 of, 189 



Ditchling Hill, abundance of 

 moles on, 77 ; attempted mole- 

 catching on, 78 



Dotterels, ringed, with grey 

 plover, 17 



Downs, carrying power of sound 

 on the, 149, 157, 161, 163; 

 when most enjoyable, 167, 280 



Drayton, Michael, on the Rother, 

 219 



Drink-question, the, at Chiches- 

 ter, 259, 264, 270 



Drinking scene at East Dean, 

 106 



Dropwort on the downs, 50 



Dunnock, breeding on the downs, 

 91 ; its winter quarters, 242 



Dudeney, John, one of Lower's 

 "Sussex Worthies," 134 ; his 

 wheatear catching, 135 



Dwarf-thistle, 4, 58 



EAGLE, shooting of, by Sussex 



shepherd, 83 

 "Earth" of a badger described, 



75 

 Earthworks, Roman, on the 



downs, 40 

 East Dean, drinking scene at, 



106 ; wheatear catching at, 128- 



140 

 East Sussex bird - protection 



order, 139 

 Education Act, its working for 



temperance, 269 

 Elder-berries, birds' fondness for, 



226 

 Ellman on the former use of oxen 



in Sussex, 35 



Entomology, specialisation of, 64 

 Epitaph on a huntsman, 191 



Eye, compound, of insects, 70 

 Eyebright on the downs, 56 



FEAR, paralysing effect of, 94 

 Field scabious, 47 

 Firle, slow- worm at, 193 

 Fletcher, Mr. W. H. B., his tame 



adders, 99 

 Flies, insane behaviour of, 61 ; 



and swifts, 199 

 Flight, instinctive desire for the 



power of, 29 ; peewits' display 



of, 244 

 Flints, whiteness of, on the 



downs, 44 ; round and hollow, 



161 

 Flock formation of birds, how 



achieved, 246 

 Flora of the downs, 38-58 

 Flowers, colonising, on the downs, 



42, 46, 47 ; of the downs in 



summer, 45-58 ; in autumn, 



206, 207 



" Fluttermouse," 283 

 Forget-me-not on flinty soil, 44 

 Forms, repetition of similar, 29 

 Fox abundant on the downs, 73, 



74 ; his ultimate fate, 75 ; 



monkish wood-carving of a, 262 

 Fragrance of downs turf, 39 

 Fruit, wild, abundant on the 



downs, 225 

 Furze, ponies browsing on, 18 ; 



its pine-like tints, 48 j wild 



life in the, 72; on the downs, 



234 



GARDENS of the downs, chance- 

 made, 41, 42 



" Gatekeeper " butterfly, 64 

 Gerarde, milkwort described by, 

 54, 55 ; charm of his Herbal, 56 

 Gibbet, aesthetic value of, 197 

 Gilpin's tomb at Boldre, 194 ; his 

 low opinion of down scenery, 



