CONTENTS. 



CHAPTER XXXVIII. 



Morning Alarm Death of the Otter-killer General Grief Night Ex- 

 cursion Herring Fishery Our Reception Beal-fires The Wake 

 The Funeral Anecdote of a Dog A Deserted House . . 273 



CHAPTER XXXIX. 



Weather changes Symptoms of Winter Animal Appearances Night 

 Passage of Barnacles Grey Plover Hints for Shooting Plover Wild 

 Geese Swans Ducks Burke transported Evening at the Lodge 

 Feminine Employments ..... 280 



CHAPTER XL. 



Colonel leaves us Last Visit to Achil Snipes and Woodcocks Their 

 Migration Solitary Snipe Cock Shooting in Achil Mountain Covers 

 Cock Shooting; its Accidents Anecdotes An unlucky Com- 

 panion ...... 287 



CHAPTER XLI 

 Dull Evening Memoir of Hennessey . . 294 



CHAPTER XLII. 



My Departure fixed Coast suited to an Ornithologist Godsend An 

 Ocean Waif My Last Day Coursing Size of Hares Fen Shooting 

 Kill a Bittern Castle of Doona Fall of the Tower Netting 

 Rabbits Reflections Morning Passage through the Sound Hen- 

 nessey Departure from the Kingdom of Connaught . . 300 



CHAPTER XLIII. 

 Moral and Physical Condition of the West Past and Present . 30G 



CHAPTER XLIV. 

 Hunting Men Horses and Hounds Game Conclusion 316 



