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CHAPTER XVI 



MY DOGS AND OTHERS 



PAGES 



A good dog A wild dog Dog-dealing A London auction 

 Two little terriers Perfect obedience Two tragedies A 

 beautiful Clumber Distemper Natural accomplishments 

 of dogs Friendships among dogs And with a goose A 

 mad dog Dog-shooting Trespassing dogs - 247 264 



CHAPTER XVII 



TIPS AND TIPPERS 



The custom of tipping On being tipped Tipping-time Tout- 

 ing for tips Generous tippers Average bag of tips 

 Tricks of tippers Exceptional tips My last tip - 265275 



CHAPTER XVIII 



ODDS AND ENDS 



High-grade nobility The elusiveness of cartridge-bags 

 Rabbits as medicine Shooting accidents Lady shooters 

 What is a ' reared ' pheasant ? Are keepers good shots ? 

 A cat and a rabbit A keeper's feat A very popular 

 fallacy Keepers and poison Artfulness of rabbits 

 Ferrets Mammoth nests Moles and nests Wild honey 

 A reward' Coom to daddy !' - 276292 



CHAPTER XIX 



JOYS AND SORROWS 



The sweetness of success Keepers judged by their bags- 

 Nesting Feast-days Illness Unusual sights The keeper 

 as honorary executioner A comparison - - 293 300 



CHAPTER XX 



CONCLUSION 



Long shots Callousness Vermin the salt of the keeper's life 



Game-keeping as a road to fortune - 301 302 



INDEX 303306 



