yiii CONTENTS. 



CHAPTER V. 



PAGE 



Building the Yacht. The Launch. Great Crested Grebe's 

 nest. A floating Coot's nest. Golden Crested Wrens. 

 Their Migration. The Flight of a Heron 20 



CHAPTER VI. 



Mr. Meredith. " Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do ; do it 

 with thy might." A Botanical Lecture. The Goat 

 Moth. Blowing up a Tree. An astonished Cow. 

 Caterpillars in the Wood 3 l 



CHAPTER VII. 



A Trial Sail. Preparing for a Cruise. Charging a Reed 

 Bed. An explosion of Birds. The First Adventure. 

 Orange-Tip Butterfly. No Salt. How Salt is obtained . 36 



CHAPTER VIII. 



An Eerie Night. A Ghostly Apparition. The Barn Owl. 

 A Will-o'-the-Wisp. The Ruff and Reeve. Snaring 

 Ruffs. A Nest. Wroxham Broad. Mud-boards and 

 Leaping-pole. Wild Duck's Nest in a Tree 43 



CHAPTER IX. 



Chameleon. Light-coloured Eggs. Sitting Birds have no 

 Scent. Forget-me-nots. Trespassing. The Owner. 

 A Chase. Capture. Pintail Duck. Drumming of 

 Snipe. Swallow-tail Butterfly. A Perilous Adventure . 



