NATURE AND SPORT IN BRITAIN 



Langland, 124 



Lanner, the, 202 



Larks, plenty of, 32-3 ; as table 



birds, 33 ; on the downs, 298 

 Layard, Mr. E. L., 66, io8, 161 

 Leconfield, Earl of, hounds of, 131 ; 



huntsman of, 305-6 

 Lepell, Mrs., 216 

 Lilian, and the Warwick Cup, 39 

 Lincolnshire, sand-grouse in, 259 

 Linnets, 297 

 Little Common, 223 

 Lloyd, Griff, 35-6 

 Lobsters, price of, in Mayo and 



Galway, 151 ; hot lobster pie, 



151 

 Locust bird, the, 166 



London, quail in, 104 



'* Lookers," on Pevensey Marshes, 



12 

 Lort, Mr. E., and tame badger, 



246-8 

 LuUington, church of, 89 

 Lyndhurst, 257 



MacManaman, Pat, an Irish keeper, 

 188-95 



Maids of Honour and hunting, 216 



Mallard, 290 



Manchuria, sand-grouse in, 263 



Marjoribanks, Hon. E., 320 



Marlborough, Duke of, and Somer- 

 vile, 209 



Marsh, a Sussex, 1-14 



Maxwell, W. H., 189 



Mayo : sport in, 95 ; beauties of, 

 95-6; trouting in, 96-100; grouse- 

 shooting in, 186-96 ; superstition 

 of peasants in, 187 ; peasants, 

 hardy walkers, 187 ; fine scenery 

 of, 189; red deer in, 189-90; 

 trout-fishing in, 192 



McClintock, Miss Isa, 122 



Mead (honey-wine), 44 



Mediterranean, the : woodcock in, 

 75 ; quail in, 103-4 ; snipe in, 315 



Melodious willow warbler, 157 



Merlin, the, place of, in falconry, 202 



Mexico, method of wild duck shoot- 

 ing in, 20-21 



Meynell, Hugo, 128 



Middleton, Lord, and destruction 

 of badgers, 235-6 



Migration, uncontrollable instinct 

 for, 286 



MoUoy, Quartermaster, and jack- 

 snipe, 314-5 



Montagu, Col., 8, 58, 113 



Montagu's harrier, 8 ; in South 

 Africa, 155 



Moorhen : as table bird, 30 ; in 

 South Africa, 163 ; nest of, 163 



Mostyn, Sir Thomas, 35-6 



Mother Carey's chicken (see Petrel, 

 storm) 



Mount Eagle, 96, 188 



Muckross, woodcock-shooting at, 



71 

 Mull, woodcock in, 70 

 Musket, the (a hawk), 202 



Namaqua sand-grouse, 261 



Nephin, 96, 188 ; Beg, 188, 191 



Netting partridges, old method of, 

 274-6 



New Forest, otter-hunt in, 257 



Newport River, 96 



Nightingale : by shore, 284 ; ex- 

 haustion of after migration, 285 



Nightjar, the, 155 



Norfolk: great bustard in, no; 

 plover {see Stone-curlew) 



Normans, the : and hunting, 124, 

 219 ; and falconry, 202 



Old Ball, 208 



Oriole, golden, 157 



Osbaldeston, Squire, 36 



Osprey, 153 



Osmunda regalis, 227 



Otter : Somervile and hunting the, 

 217; revival of hunting, 249; 

 Rev. John Russell and otter- 

 hunting, 249 ; in Wales, 249-50 ; 

 hounds, various packs of, 250 ; 

 interests of hunting, 250-r ; 



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