CONTENTS. 



CHAPTER I. 



Introductory Parentage Birth, 1753 Mickley School Ovingham 

 School First attempts at drawing Hunting parties Sheep 

 Shelter for sheep in snow storms Birds Border songs and 

 laments Earl of Derwentwater Whins food for cattle i 14 



CHAPTER II. 



Employments in spring Angling Mischievous pranks Floggings 

 at school Ghosts and Boggles Change in the mind Man- 

 fights, dog-fights, cock-fights Fear of ghosts entertained by 

 the bulk of the people Meet the Devil going a-guising Miss 

 Gregson's reproof Mr. Gregson's Ie6lure Birds and their 

 nests Ants Bees ....... 15 31 



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