CONTENTS ix 



PAGES 



wit's hatred of the rook — Peewit's wing-exercises — Peewits 

 in flocks — Black-headed gulls — Charm of the maritime district 

 — Gloomy weather — Missel-thrush ; his temper, habits, and 

 song — The spire of Chichester Cathedral ; its aesthetic value 

 in the landscape. 



CHAPTER XIV 



CHICHESTER 256-277 



Chichester at a distance and near — Smells and sights — 

 Public-house signs — Habits of the people — Brewers' policy 

 — The church and the clergy — In the cathedral — A wood- 

 carving — Market-day — Early associations — The Market Cross 

 and a mystery — Visit to Midhurst — Decaying inns — Increase 

 of temperance and the cause — Chichester mud — Caging owls 

 — The owl at Alfriston— A miserable daw — A white owl's lie 

 du Diable — An ideal home for an owl — A prisoner without 

 hope. 



CHAPTER XV 



WINTER IN WEST DOWNLAND .... 278-298 



A good-bye to towns — Charm of West Downland in winter 

 — A cow-boy singing and a missel-thrush — A vein of stupidity 

 — Anecdotes — Bats eating bacon — Riding to Ringmer and a 

 downland man's ignorance — Chilgrove — Gilbert White — Yew, 

 juniper, and clematis — A wooded combe — A host of wood- 

 pigeons — Beautiful downland scenery — Fallen beech-leaves 

 on snow — South Harting — Conclusion. 



