CONTENTS 



CHAPTER PAGE 



I The First Gun « • i 



II. The Old Punt: a Curious 'Turnpike' 



III. Tree-Shooting: a Fishing Expedition , 



IV. Egg-time: a 'Gip'-Trap. .... 

 V. Woodland Twilight : Traitors on the Gibbet 



VI. Lurcher-Land : ' the Park ' . 



VII. Oby, and his System: the Moucher's Calendar 115 



VIII. Churchyard Pheasants : before the Bench . 137 



IX. Luke, the Rabbit-Contractor : the Brook Path 155 



X. Farmer Willum's Place: Snipe-Shooting . . 177 



XI. Ferreting : a Rabbit-Hunter . . , .195 



XII. A Winter Night : Old Tricks : Pheasant- 

 Stalking : Matchlock versus Breechloader: 

 Conclusion . ^ . , • « , . 216 



