X CONTENTS 



CHAPTER XI 



ON THE SHELF, 1907 

 How IT FEELS TO BE " RETIRED " 



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On the shelf How does it feel to be "retired"? 

 Nothing to do Some other old boys Shall I 

 shave for the remainder of my days? A long 

 white beard Firm resolution . . . .124 



CHAPTER XII 



COUNTRY RAMBLES, 1909-1911 



Country rambles A beautiful toad A stag-beetle 

 A seven-mile walk In the woods The angler 

 and weasels The fool and the fly Life and 

 adventures of a yellow-hammer An urchin 

 would a- wooing go 132 



CHAPTER XIII 



Bonaparte on the Northumberland His arrival at 



St. Helena i.S 



