CONTENTS 



CHAPTER XVI PAGE 



Prawning . . . . ... 143 



CHAPTER XVII 

 British Birds in South Africa . . . . 153 



CHAPTER XVIII 

 Cormorants and Anglers . . ... 165 



CHAPTER XIX 

 A Hare in the Snow . . . . . 172 



CHAPTER XX 

 Grouse-shooting in the Mayo Mountains . . . 186 



CHAPTER XXI 

 The Kestrel . . . ... 197 



CHAPTER XXII 

 William Somervile : the Father of Modern Hunting 204 



CHAPTER XXIII 

 A Sussex Sheep-washing . . ... 220 



CHAPTER XXIV 

 White-trouting in Connemara . ... 226 



CHAPTER XXV 

 Badgers and their Ways . . . . . 235 



CHAPTER XXVI 

 Otter-hunting . . . . . . 249 



CHAPTER XXVII 

 Pallas's Sand-grouse . . . . . 258 



CHAPTER XXVIII 

 Quiet Partridge-shooting . . ... 264 



CHAPTER XXIX 

 Spring and Autumn by the Shore , ... 283 



CHAPTER XXX 

 Wild Life on the Sussex Downs . . . . 293 



CHAPTER XXXI 

 Snipe . . . . ... 310 



Index . . . . ... 321 



