VI. THE HAMLET : Cottage astrology 

 Ghost-lore Herbs. THE 

 WAGON AND ITS CREW : Stiles 

 The trysting - place The 

 thatcher Smugglers Ague . 114 



VII. THE FARMHOUSE : Traditions 

 Hunting pictures The 

 farmer's year Sport The 

 auction festival A summer's 

 day Beauty of wheat . .132 



VIII. BIRDS OF THE FARMHOUSE : 

 Speech of a starling Popu- 

 lation of a gable The king of 

 the hedge The thrush's anvil 153 



IX. THE ORCHARD: Emigrant mar- 

 tins The missel - thrush 

 Caravan route of birds and 

 animals A fox in ambush 

 A snake in a clock . . 173 



X. THE WOODPILE : Lizards Sheds 

 and rickyard The witches' 

 brier Insects Plants, flow- 

 ers, and fruit. . . .194 



XI. THE HOME-FIELD : Hazel corner 

 The divining rod Rabbits' 

 holes The corncrake Ven- 

 triloquism of birds Hedge- 

 fruit . . . . .214 



