xii CONTENTS. 



CHAFTEK III. 



PAQK 



Magnificence and money Watertou's mode of life and personal ex- 

 penses Sleeping on planks His visits to the chapel The " morning 

 gun " The razor and the lancet Reduction of the family estates "r 

 His work at Walton Hall Natural advantages of the place The '^ 

 wall and its cost Bargees and their guns Instinct of the herons 

 Herons and fish-ponds Drainage of the ponds The moat extended 

 into a lake Old Gateway and Ivy-Tower Siege by Oliver Crom- 

 well Tradition of a musket-ball Drawbridge and gateway in the 

 olden times Tradition of a canon-ball Both ball and canon dis- 

 covered Sunken plate and weapons Echo at "Walton Hall West 

 view of lake How to strengthen a bank Pike-catching Cats and 

 pike Spot where Waterton fell 35 -48 



CHAPTER IV. 



Love of trees Preservation of damaged trees How trees perish 

 Wind and ram Self -restorative powers of the bark Hidden foes 

 The fungus and its work Use of the woodpecker and titmouse 

 How to utilize tree-stumps The cole titmouse Owl-house and 

 seat Dry-rot -When to paint timber Oaken gates of the old 

 tower Command over trees How to make the holly grow quickly 

 The holly as a hedge-tree Pheasant fortresses Artificial 

 pheasants The poachers outwitted Waterton's power of tree 

 climbing An aerial study Ascending and descending trees- 

 Church and State trees The yew A protection against cold winds 

 Yew hedge af;back of gateway The Starling Tower Familiarity 

 of the birds The Picnic or Grotto Waterton's hospitality " The 

 Squire" A decayed mill and abandoned stone The stone lifted 

 off the ground by a hazel nut 49 



CHAPTER V. 



The Squire's " dodges " The " cat-holes " The dove-cot Pigeon-shoot- 

 ing matches and mode of supplying the birds Waterton's pigeon- 

 house, external and internal Pigeon-stealers baffled Arrangement 

 of pigeon-holes Ladders not needed How to feed pigeons econo- 

 mically Rats and mice in the garden The poison-bowl and its 

 safety Sunken mousetrap Gates and chains The carriage-pond 

 Waterton's antipathy to scientific nomenclature Advantage of 

 such nomenclature as an assistant to science Popular and local 

 names Colonists and their nomenclature Zoology gone mad 

 Complimentary nomenclature The fatal accident in the park 

 Waterton's last moments and death The last voyage and funeral 

 Epitaph written by himself The new cross, and place of burial, 7286 



