INDEX 



489 



310, 317; a rabbit-hunt, 314; 

 the harvest moon, 325 



September: Bungay Brewster Ses- 

 sions, 327 ; continuing the har- 

 vest, 327, 332, 336; partridge- 

 shooting, 328, 336 ; the heat 

 and the drought, 329, 332, 335, 

 358 ; bulk of the crops, 331, 

 336 ; stack building, 338 ; end 

 of harvest : a trip to the Hebrides, 

 339 ; prizes won at the agricul- 

 tural shows, 351 ; visit to Upp 

 Hall, Hertfordshire, 358-63 



October : the continued drought : 

 state of crops and stock, 364 ; 

 trying to plough, 365, 367; 

 results of first thrashings, 366, 

 376 ; a sitting pheasant, 367 ; 

 rain at last, 368, 370 ; a heifer 

 in difficulties with her first calf, 



371 ; death of an aged relative, 



372 ; sale of red-poll cows, 373 ; 

 pheasant-shooting : a big bag, 

 373 ; largesse : a quaint old 

 song, 375-6; fall in wages, 376 ; 

 serving on the Norwich Grand 



Jury, 376 



November : a dissatisfied labourer, 

 378 ; sprouting of the new wheat 

 and beans, 378 ; the root crops, 



379, 395, 400 ; the annual valu- 

 ation, 381 ; shooting the 

 coverts, 381, 385-8 ; manage- 

 ment of stock : a change of 

 policy, 382 ; sale of barley, 389 ; 

 death of a Southdown ram, 394 ; 

 a visit to Norwich Show, 395 ; 

 sale of lambs, 402 ; the wheat 

 rick at All Hallows, 405 ; pur- 

 chase of steers, 405 

 December : meeting of the Norfolk 

 Chamber of Agriculture, 407 ; 

 gales and mild weather, 407, 

 411, 417, 421, 425, 447, 451, 

 452 ; visit to Norwich cattle 

 market, 409 ; progress of farm 

 work, 411, 417, 420, 425, 432 ; 

 Free Trade : a newspaper con- 

 troversy, 412 ; the show bullock : 

 first prize at Lothingland Show, 

 417 ; sale of cattle, 417 ; visit 

 to Heckingham Workhouse, 

 425 ; shooting, 433-8 ; the first 

 frosts, 438, 453 ; balance-sheets, 

 441-2 ; the year's results, 442 



ZULU war, sad incident of, 225 

 Zulus, apparent insensibility of to 

 pain, 174 



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