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DWELLERS IN FIELDS. 

 PART II. 



Polecats Probable Origin of Ferrets Stoats and Weasels 

 Curious Recovery of a Lost Ferret A Gipsy Ferret A Lost 

 Ferret Ferrets in Houses Method of keeping Rats out 

 of a House Martens Squirrels Rats Poisonous Effect 

 of Rat-bites The Black Rat The Brown Rat Gold- 

 smith on the Brown Rat Black and Brown Rats Dis- 

 appearance of the Black Rat Rats and Snakes The 

 Water-vole Fights between a Brown Rat and a Water-vole 

 Appearance of Water-voles indicative of Bad Sport when 

 Fishing Persecution of the Water-vole Rodents Shrews 

 Varieties of Shrews Superstitions regarding Shrews A 

 Shrew Ash Superstitious Days A Gipsy's Curse A 

 'Rampike ' Tree Origin of the Word 'Shrew' Persecution 

 of Shrews Mortality amongst Shrews The Common Shrew 

 Pugnacity of Shrews Peculiarities observable in the 

 Teeth of Shrews Distinguishing Characteristics of the 

 Common Shrew Characteristics of the Water-shrew The 

 Oared Shrew Shrews compared with the Mole The 

 Mole Utility of Moles Foxes feeding on Moles Under- 

 ground Dwellings of Moles Mole-catching The Hedge- 

 hog Superstition regarding the Hedgehog Gipsy Method 

 of cooking Hedgehogs Indian Method of cooking Fowls 

 Torpidity of Hedgehogs during Winter Cruelty to 

 Hedgehogs Hedgehog not an Ugly Animal Varieties of 

 Wild Animals in Britain The Otter Trapping Otters 



