ILLUSTRATIONS 



BY A. THORBURN AND C. WHYMPER 

 {Reproduced by the Swan Electric Engraving Company) 



COMING IN FROM THE SEA . . . . Frontispiece 



TEAL DROPPING INTO COVER . . . To face p. 12 



A SCREENED PUNT ,, 60 



FLIGHT SHOOTING NEAR THE SHORE . . ,, 84 



THE CROFTERS' HOUR OF REVENGE. . ,, 150 



SHELTERING BEHIND THE GATE ... 164 



UNDER THE BRIGHTENING DAWN. 



BRENT GEESE ,, 200 



THE WELCOME THAW . . ... 246 



