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LORD LILFORD'S PUBLISHED WORKS ix 



INTRODUCTION ........ i 



I. THE SURROUNDINGS OF LORD LILFORD'S HOME. . 4 

 II. LOCAL OBSERVATION . . . . . . .11 



III. PONDS, PADDOCKS, AND AVIARIES .... 36 



IV. NOTES ON ILLUSTRATIONS ...... 90 



V. OTTER HUNTING, FALCONRY, AND SHOOTING . . 98 



VI. NOTES FROM MEDITERRANEAN JOURNALS . . . 146 



VII. TRIBUTES TO KNOWLEDGE, KINDNESS, AND SYMPATHIES 247 



APPENDIX I 272 



APPENDIX II . . . . . . 293 



