487 



Vaccination Bill, the : conscientious 



objections, 279-80 

 Valpy, the Rev. J., 411 

 ' Valuations ' due to outgoing tenants, 



34-5 



Vandyke, 224 

 Venezuela, small-pox epidemic in, 



281 



Vetches, 221, 262, 314, 325, 369 

 Villages, water supply of, 135-6 

 Vineyard Hills, 21, 91, 101, 1 20, 



149. 157, 163, 196, 212, 234, 246, 

 .432 

 Vipers, instance of poisoning by, 



196-8 



WAGES of farm labourers, '72-3, 117, 

 285, 376, 416, 465, 467, 470 



Walsingham, Lord, 374, 387-8 ; on 

 the rural exodus, 463 



Warner, Mr. Lee, 407 



Water hemlock, 306 



Water-supply of farms and villages, 

 I 35-6; famine in Hertfordshire, 



359 

 Water-wagtails, 236 ; feeding young 



cuckoo, 309 

 Waveney, the, 17-9, 21, 26, 233, 



274, 308, 326 

 Weaning lambs, 263 

 Weather, influence of on tempera- 

 ment, 134 

 Weatherley, Colonel, killed, with his 



younger son, in the Zulu war, 



225 

 Websdill Wood, 12, 13, 121, 196, 



198, 225, 253, 263 

 Wedding party, accident to a, 247 

 Weeds, 8, 33, 35, 81-2, 198-9, 212, 



219, 222, 225, 230, 248, 277, 



293 

 Weight of live stock, difficulty of 



estimating, 119, 282 

 Wells, sea sand and shells at bottom 



of, 1 8 ; ingenious method of 



deepening, 361 

 Wensum, the, 26 

 Whale and threshers, 299, 300 

 Wheat condition of growing crops, 



93, 128, 137, 169-70, 198, 212-3, 



255. 289, 307, 334, 374, 378, 

 401 ; fluctuating prices of, 109, 

 158, 169-70, 172, 179, 185, 222, 



333-4, 337, 445, 455, 467; 

 harvesting, 313, 315, 322, 325, 

 327 ; sale of standing crops, 459 



Wheat stacks, mice in, 163 



Wheat supply : small bulk stored in 

 England : danger in case of war, 

 179-80 ; percentage home-grown 

 and imported, 333 ; decrease of 

 acreage in United Kingdon, 333 ; 

 effect of prices on, 333-4 ; a 

 possible shortage in the world's 

 supply, 334-5 ; effect of Free 

 Trade on prices, 413 ; the question 

 of a bounty, 413-6, 419, 455 



Whitrup (ploughman), 137, 149, 223, 

 284, 365 



Wild bird preserve, making a, 27-8. 

 150-51, 161 



Willows, young, stripped of bark by 

 cattle, 275 



Wilson, Mr. , murdered by Soudanese 

 mutineers, 392 



Winchilsea, Lord, death of, 335 



Winter, terrors of, to our forefathers, 



37i 



Women, as farm labourers, 250, 251 ; 

 treatment of among African tribes, 



251 



Woodcock shooting, 388, 436, 437 



Woodlands, management of, 80 



Wood-pigeons, 236, 370 



Woodton Church, description of, 

 256-9 ; alabaster monument to 

 Anne Suckling in chancel, 258 ; 

 the registers, 259, 260 ; curious 

 epitaphs, 260 



Woodton Hall, 256-7, 261 



Wool, weight of ewe's fleece, 216 ; 

 prices of, 220, 445, 455 



Workhouses in rural districts, 425 ; 

 a visit to Heckingham Workhouse, 

 425-8, 431 ; want of cheerfulness 

 in, 428 ; aspect of the inmates, 

 428-9, 430 ; shrinkage in their 

 numbers, 429 ; the outdoor relief 

 system, 429 ; hatred of the poor 

 for ' the House,' 429, 430, 432 ; 

 Depwade Union Workhouse 1 , 432 



