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INDEX 



Gamedealers' licences, 49. 



Game, diseases of, 327 ; disposal 



of, 446. 

 Game laws, 42 ; leading books on, 



61. 



Goose, wild, 310. 



Grey mullet fishing, 388, 405. 



Grouse, artificial rearing of, 172 ; 

 picking up and packing, 186 ; 

 shooting, over dogs, 173 ; driv- 

 ing, 176; disease, 327. 



Gun cleaning, 339. 



Gun licences, 48. 



Hares, 320. 



Heather burning, 150; law of, 



47- 



Hedgehog, 115. 

 Hill ponies, 187. 

 Hints to loaders, 338. 



Interbreeding, evil effects of, 158. 



Keeper, apprentice, 143 5 his duties, 

 145. 



Keepers, capable and incapable, 

 2 ; relationship between masters 

 and, 9; ideal, 13 ; authorities they 

 should consult, 16 ; relations 

 with farmers, etc., 21 ; friendship 

 with neighbours, 27 ; points in 

 law they should know, 39 ; mis- 

 cellaneous duties of, 441. 



Kennels, 94. 



Kestrel, 128. 



Larders, 444. 



Law, points a keeper should know, 

 39 ; things forbidden by, 57. 



Licences to kill game, 50; in 

 Ireland, 51. 



Loaders, 335 ; hints to, 338. 



Loch trout fishing, 356 ; improve- 

 ment of, 358. 



Lochs, feeding supplied to, 436. 



Magpie, 131. 



Mange in dogs, 92. 



Master and servant, law of, 39. 



Merlin, 127. 



Miscellaneous sport, 315. 



Moor, the, 149 ; heather burning 

 on, 150; water supply, 153; 

 vermin, 156; poachers, 156; 

 feeding birds in hard weather, 

 156 ; introduction of new blood, 

 158 ; exchange of eggs, 160; of 

 coveys, 161 ; destruction of old 

 cocks, 162 ; judicious planting, 

 165 ; control of number of sheep, 

 1 66 ; improvement of feeding- 

 ground, 1 68 ; removal of dead 

 matter, 168 ; wire fences, 170; 

 telegraph wires, 170; bracken, 

 171 ; butts, 1 80. 



Otter, 1 06. 

 Owls, 132. 



Partridge, the, 195 ; cover for, 

 202 ; nests, eggs, and artificial 

 rearing, 204 ; feeding young, 

 212 ; improvement of stock, 215 ; 

 walking up, 218; driving, 222; 

 poaching, 224 ; disease of, 



331- 



Peregrine falcon, 121. 



Pets, consideration of, 27. 



Pheasant, the, 269 ; rearing, 271 ; 

 food, 278 ; poaching, 280 ; shoot- 

 ing, 281 ; placing of guns, 286 ; 

 disease of, 329. 



Pigeon shooting, 316. 



Plover, 315. 



Poachers, 31 ; arrest of night, 



53- 

 Poaching, 24, 52,54, 55, 156, 191, 



224, 266, 280, 321, 366, 376; 



Prevention Act, 56. 

 Poison, 57. 

 Pole-trap, 137. 

 Pollack fishing, 406. 

 Porpoises, 411. 

 Price's rabbit trap, 265. 

 Ptarmigan, 191. 

 Punting, 309. 



Rabbit, the, 245 ; warren, 251 ; 

 shooting of, 256 ; ferrets and 

 ferreting, 258 ; keeping down, 

 261 ; traps, 263 ; poaching, 266 ; 

 disease, 332. 



