CONTENTS. 



CHAPTER PAGE 



DEDICATION WHICH OUGHT NOT TO BE READ iii 

 INTRODUCTION WHICH THE READER MAY DO 



AS HE LIKES ABOUT . . ix 



I. OWLS A STRANGE WINTER NIGHT'S STORY . 1 



II. A BRUMMAGEM GUN . . . .13 



HI. A PIKE STORY . . . .23 



IV. CONGER EEL FISHING AT JERSEY . . 44 



V. A NIGHT AMONGST THE SAND EELS . .61 



VI. FISHING GOSSIP FLY FISHING IN FRANCE . 74 



VII. FISHING GOSSIP CONTINUED . 81 



VIII. FISHING GOSSIP CONTINUED PEARL FISHING 



IN FRANCE . . . . . 93 



IX. FISHING GOSSIP CONTINUED . . .101 



X. KEEPERS VERMIN CATCHING, ETC., ETC. . 117 



XL THE HEDGEHOG, A GAME EATER . .135 



XII. SQUIRRELLS AND RATS, EGG EATERS .144 



