ii4 WITH THE WOODLANDERS. 



enough of them to form a cover for game, but suffi- 

 cient for the creatures that frequent the slopes of 

 that hollow. 



I have known the place for many years, and it 

 is still a famous hunting-ground for a naturalist : 

 there are the same species living there, furred and 

 feathered, which we used to find in that place 

 thirty-seven years ago. It is far from the other 

 places I have written about. At one time I went 

 frequently there, but life's changes have kept me 

 from the locality for very many years. In the 

 course of conversation with a friend of my younger 

 days, whom I met again by accident lately, on 

 one of my long journeys, he had taken service 

 with the gentleman who owns this fine estate, 

 I found that matters went on now in the same way 

 that they did when I used to have free range there 

 so long ago. 



" Come and give us a look round," he said, 

 heartily; "you are quite welcome: that double- 

 barrelled glass of yours won't hurt anything. The 

 shooting is all over, and there's lots of things flitting 

 about that will please you." 



I was glad to except this invitation. I had been 



