LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS 



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Tethering the Sitting Hens - Frontispiece 



The Keeper's Kitchen 



Ferrets that a Few Seconds before were Furiously Ratting - 2 



My Old Retriever 2 



Full-dress Uniform - 2 



There's many a Slip between a Good Hatch and September 26 



What a Fox left of a Pheasant Sitting on Fourteen Eggs - 26 

 Section of Woodcock's Wing showing Position of ' Pin ' 



Feather - ... 38 



Rook and Partridge with Abnormal Mandible 38 



Young Weasels - 38 

 April 26, 1908 : Tracks of French Partridge to her Nest in 



Tuft of Dead Grass 40 



April 26, 1908 - 40 



Partridge on her Nest - 48 



Off to Feed - 48 



All Hands to the Rats 78 



Mistress of the Situation 78 



A Condensed ' Gallows ' 86 



Naturally mummified Stoats - 86 



An Ordinary ' Gallows ' 86 



Young Sparrow-hawks 98 



A Pheasant Usurps a Thrush's Nest built on the Ground - 114 



The Rearing Field 114 



Fixing Decoys on a High Hedge 150 



Placing Decoys on Wheat-shocks - 150 



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