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CONTENTS. 



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PREFACE vii 



I. MY GARDEN SUMMER-SEAT 9 



II. MY POND 49 



III. MY WOOD 74 



IV. THE DELIGHTS OF HEDGEROWS .... 96 

 V. UP IN THE MORNING EARLY .... 109 



VI. WITH THE NIGHTINGALES AT THE VICARAGE . 135 



VII. "THROUGH THE WHEAT" 147 



VIII. MY FAVOURITE SUMMER-HOUSES . . . . l6o 



IX. THE VILLAGE WELL 1 86 



X. RUSHES 190 



XI. BEES AND BEE-KEEPING 195 



XII. STILL WATER 205 



XIII. A SCOTTISH TROUT STREAM 2IO 



XIV. AN ENGLISH STREAM 238 



XV. WILD DUCKS, WATER-BIRDS, AND SEA-FOWL . 252 



XVI. ASHESTIEL AND SIR WALTER SCOTT . . .272 



XVII. IN DURHAM AND NEAR IT 277 



XVIII. IN COQUETDALE 289 



XIX. ABOUT WOOLER 307 



APPENDIX. 



I. IMITATIVE BIRDS AND THE NIGHTINGALE'S SONG 319 



II. THE VOLES 328 



in. THE WOODPECKER'S TONGUE .... 330 



IV. THE ROOKS 332 



V. FEET OF THE DIPPER AND COOT .... 334 



INDEX . 335 



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