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DOG AT STREAM . .' , 95 



POINTER AND FISH . -99 



TRAPS ... .no 



SHOOTING WOOD-PIGEONS BY MOONLIGHT . . 1 1 5 



A WEASEL HUNTING . .121 



A HAWK PURSUED BY FINCHES AND SWALLOWS . -125 



THE POACHER . *33 



AN ENGLISH PRAIRIE-FIRE 141 



PARTRIDGES AT EVENING . .148 



RUBENS' SPORTSMAN . .150 



SETTING A HARE SNARE . J 53 



POACHING IN THE WINTER 1 59 



PLOVER'S NEST . .164 



A RABBIT-HOLE NETTED . i?3 



A WICKED LURCHER AND HIS MASTER . 175 



THE GENTLEMAN IN VELVETEEN . 178 



TICKLING TROUT . . -191 



SETTING A NIGHT LINE . 194 



GOING FOR THE POACHERS . i97 



MAN-TRAP . .200 



A GOOD-FOR-NOTHING KEEPER . .217 



TAILPIECE ..... 2I 9 



