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CONTENTS. 



PAGE 



PREFACE . . . . . . . r . vii 



I. MY GARDEN SUMMER-SEAT . . .1 ' 9 



II. MY POND . .... . - . . . -49 



III. MY WOOD . . . . . -74 



IV. THE DELIGHTS OF HEDGEROWS . . . .96 

 V. UP IN THE MORNING EARLY ... . .109 



VI. WITH THE NIGHTINGALES AT THE VICARAGE . 135 



vii. "THROUGH THE WHEAT" ... . . . 147 



VIII. MY FAVOURITE SUMMER-HOUSES . ..'.". l6o 



IX. THE VILLAGE WELL . . . . . * 1 86 



X. RUSHES . "... . . . .190 



XL BEES AND BEE-KEEPING ... . . . 195 



XII. STILL WATER . . ~~~~ . ' . . . . 205 



XIII. A SCOTTISH TROUT STREAM 2IO 



XIV. AN ENGLISH STREAM . . . . . .238 



XV. WILD DUCKS, WATER-BIRDS, AND SEA-FOWL . 252 



XVI. ASHESTIEL AND SIR WALTER SCOTT . . .272 



XVII. IN DURHAM AND NEAR IT . .' " . ^ . .277 



XVIII. IN COQUETDALE . . . . . .289 



XIX. ABOUT WOOLER . . . . . . . 307 



APPENDIX. 



I. IMITATIVE BIRDS AND THE NIGHTINGALE'S SONG 319 

 II. ..THE VOLES . . 328 



in. THE WOODPECKER'S TONGUE , . . 330 



IV. THE ROOKS 332 



V. FEET OF THE DIPPER AND COOT . . . . 334 



INDEX . ';;"'- . 335 



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