INDEX 



479 



Oarton's, Limited, jirospectus, 304 



Gates, repairs to, 1 1 



Gawdy, Thomas, 6 



Gedge, Rev. J. Denny, 23 



Gibbet Common, Bradenham, 301 ; 



traditions of, 355-6 

 Giliing trees, 213 

 Glanville, Roger do and Gudruda, 



24 

 Gnats, 316-7 

 Goats, destruction of forests in 



Cyprus by, 276 

 Gorst, Sir J., 203, 204 

 Gostlings, the, 5 

 Governments and the farming 



industr>', 41, 170 

 Grain, see Wheat, &c. 

 Grand Juries, 376-7 

 Grass, vitality of in cold climates, 



211 

 Grass-cutting in South Africa, 77 

 Grass scarifier, substitute for, 129, 



130 

 Grass snake, 180 

 Grazing recently laid pastures, 16 

 Great Eastern Railway : reduction of 



rates on small parcels of farm and 



garden produce, 411 

 Grouse-shooting, 352 

 ' Gurneys, the, of Earlham,' 368 



Hagan, the Thane, 4, 5 



Haling root crops, 375, 383, 3S5, 395, 



400, 402 

 Hamilton, Lady, 450 

 Hams, foreign, sold as home cured, 



193 

 Hand sowing clover seeds, 142 

 Hangman's Hill, Coll, 355 

 Hare and Rabbits Bill, the, 293 

 Hares, a mad hare in Januar)', 45 ; 



shooting, 385 

 Harleston market, 294 

 Hartcup, Mrs. Jane, 20 

 Hartshorne, Mr. Albert, F.S.A., 355 

 Harvest agreements, 285, 294-5, 337 

 Harvest moon, the, 325 

 Hauchet, Thomas, 5 

 Hawkins, Mr. Justice, and the 



Criminal Evidence Act, 403 



Hawks, destruction of, by game- 

 keepers, 231, 232 

 Hawthorns, damage done to by boys, 



172-3 

 Hay, price of, 172 

 Hay harvest, 238, 240, 245, 247, 



250, 253, 256, 261-6, 271-4, 277, 



286-8, 293 

 Hay-making : process of heaping 



into cocks, 249 ; in South Africa, 



77. 



Hayricks, overheating of, 265 ; build- 

 ing, 266 ; thatching, 282-4 



Hea\'y land, 8, 10 ; depreciation in 

 value of, 9 ; laying down pasture, 

 12-17 ; seed mixture for pasture, 14 



Hebrides : a visit to the Laird of 

 Coll, 389 ; journey from Oban 

 to Coll, 340 ; arrival at Coll : 

 drive to the Castle, 341 ; farming 

 in Coll, 342 ; a day's shooting, 

 343 ; the Castle and the tomb of 

 the McLeans, 348-9 ; the Green 

 Mountain tumulus, 350 ; peat 

 drains, 351 ; more shooting ex- 

 peditions, 350-2, 357 ; service at 

 Clabac Presbyterian Church, 352 ; 

 the great stone on Benhogh, 353-5 ; 

 Hangman's Hill, 355 ; ruins of 

 crofters' houses, 356-7 ; diffi- 

 culties of departure from Coll 

 harbour, 357-8 ; 



Heckingham Workhouse, 425 ; past 

 and present management, 426 ; feed- 

 ing of young children, 427 ; condi- 

 tion of the graveyard, 427-8 ; the 

 stoneyard, 431 



Hedenham, 4 



Hedenham Rector}', 20 



Hedenham Wood, 433 



Hedge-trimming, 61 



Heifers, tradition as to first calves of, 



47 

 Hcnr>- IL, 5, 23, 24 

 Henry VHL, 5, 6 

 Hens with strange broods, 238-9 

 Hertfordshire, water famine in, 359 ; 



efTect of London water companies' 



operations, 359, 362 

 High tides, damage done by, 30, 31, 



446, 447 



