CONTENTS. 



CHAPTER PAGE 



I. THE MAN HIMSELF : HIS HOUSE, AND TOOLS . . i 



II. His FAMILY AND CASTE ..... 22 



III. IN THE FIELDS ....... 47 



IV. His DOMINIONS : THE WOODS, MEADOWS, AND WATER 7 1 

 V. SOME OF HIS SUBJECTS : Docs, RABBITS, ' MICE, 



AND SUCH SMALL DEER '..... 92 



VI. His ENEMIES : BIRDS AND BEASTS OF PREY- 

 TRESPASSERS 1 1 8 



VII. PROFESSIONAL POACHERS : THE ART OF WIRING 



GAME . . . . . . . 144 



VIII. THE FIELD DETECTIVE : FISH POACHING . . 169 



IX. GUERILLA WARFARE ; GUN ACCIDENTS ; BLACK 



SHEEP . . . . . .196 



