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LVI. TRAP REFORM 243 



LVII. AUTUMN FLOWERS 245 



LVIII. WHERE TWO KINGDOMS MEET 252 



LIX. POCHARDS AND TUFTED DUCK . . . 258 



LX. BERRIES j 259 



LXI. AUTUMN ON THE TWEED 266 



LXII. THE OSMANTHUS 276 



I.XIII. THE BEST OF OAKS . . . ... . . 277 



LXIV. A HILL TRAGEDY 279 



LXV. THE AGE OF AN EAGLE . . . . . 281 



LXVI. A VANISHING FOOD FISH 282 



LXVII. MISTLETOE UPON THE OAK ..... 284 



LXVIII. MY BOOKSHELVES . 285 



APPENDIX. RABBIT-PROOF PLANTS 293 



