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CONTENTS. 



BOOK III. 



CHAP. PAGE 



I. Shooting extra- 

 ordinary - - 297 

 II. The Major, the 

 Parson and 

 Humphries - 306 

 III. Encore Humphries 316 

 IV. The slaughter of 



vermin . - - 325 

 V. More poachers 



and poaching - 336 



VT. Monk's conversion 345 



VII. Encore Monk - 351 



VIII. Poaching again - 356 



IX. Chiefly canine - 371 



CHAP. PAGE 



X. Of rabbits ... 378 

 XL Chats about 



pheasants - - 383 

 XII. Ferrets and rabbits 392 

 XIII. Discursive and 



academic - - 400 

 XIV. Ferrets and rabbits 



asjain - - - 403. 

 XV. Night watching - 411 

 XVI. Humphries re- 

 appears - - - 418- 

 XVII. Humphries re- 

 appears and 

 disappears - - 425. 



LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. 



John Wilkins - - Frontispiece j 



The identification of 

 " Coughtrey, the poacher," 

 by the villagers Facing p. 80 



Wilkins smashing the rotten 

 eggs in Harry Wright's 

 pocket -Facing $ . 113 



Wilkins and the policeman 



chasing the coiners 



Facing p. no/ 



Dog breaking : Wilkins 

 speaking seriously to the 

 dog - - Facing /, 156' 



Jones stopping the other 

 poachers from killing 

 Wilkins - - Facing p. 240- 



