CONTENTS 



JANUARY 



PAGE 



I. THE BEAUTY OF WINTER 1 



II. WILD GEESE 4 



III. WOODCOCKS 6 



IV. PAST AND PRESENT FORMS OF LIFE 9 



V. THE TERMINOLOGY OF SCIENCE 12 



VI. THE POUCHED MOLE 15 



VII. CAN PLANTS FEEL? 20 



FEBRUARY 



VIII. THE GANNET 25 



IX. WILD GEESE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING 29 



X. THE BADGER 31 



XI. THE RIDDLE OF THE HERON'S TOE 38 



XII. WINTER FLOWERS 41 



XIII. DOINGS OF THE BLACK DOG 44 



XIV. SOME PINES 48 



MARCH 



XV. MINISTERS AND THEIR GARDENS 52 



XVI. DAFFODILS AND THEIR POISON 54 



XVII. THE CURLEW 59 



XVIII. SAINT KILDA AND HER WREN 63 



XIX. ROOKS AND THEIR MORALS 67 



XX. MAN AND HIS ANCESTRY 72 



XXI. GAMEKEEPERS AND GILLIES 74 



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