CONTENTS OF VOL. II. 



CHAP. 



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I. Shooting as it Was, and as it Is . . .1 



II. The Rented Manor 32 



III. Farming and Rotation of Crops . . . .60 

 IV. The Thief and Poacher. — Preservation of Game 83 



V. On the Theft of Live Game . . . .109 



VI. On the Rearing of Pheasants by Hand . .124 



VII. The Waste Lands and Waste Waters of the 



United Kingdom , 143 



VIII. The Science of the Wilds, and the Poetry of 



Sport . 171 



IX. Decoys for Wild Fowl . . . ' . . .190 



X. Eels and Lampernes. — The Mystery of Fishes . 246 



XI. Change of Seasons and of the Times . . .271 



XII. The Loves of the Insects 295 



XIII. On Various Subjects 314 



XIV. The Sportsman in Retirement. — Rural Life, 



AND Food for the Poor .... 326 



XV. Nature's School-Room . . . . . . 342 



