CONTENTS. 



LETTER I. A WEEK AT A FARMHOUSE A day 

 on the Teme Page i 



LETTER II. A day on the Lugg n 



LETTER III. A swing in the barn Wood chopping 

 and thistle mowing A sepulchre of a hundred 

 ewes 17 



LETTER IV. Shipping cows to South America 

 Hay-making Workmen's wages A jolly old lady 

 of eighty-five Plovers and plovers' eggs Owls 

 Another attack on the Teme 24 



LETTER V. Turkeys Battle between our turkeys 

 and our neighbour's Peacocks and peahens A 

 peacock going to roost 34 



LETTER VI. Ludlow An evening on the Teme 

 A sweep and his son fly-fishing A native treed 47 



LETTER VII. Osterley Park Lake on a Bank Holi- 

 day A hundred anglers Two wasps' nests 

 Results of the fishing one pound avoirdupois . 53 



LETTER VIII. In a suburban garden The birds 

 that haunt it The grubs Why not eat them ? 

 Cat eating a robin 62 



