CONTENTS ix 



Hints Habits of pigeons A pigeon and a stone Turtle- 

 doves A warm corner Pigeons at ponds Food of 

 pigeons Pigeon diphtheria A slice of luck Winter 

 work - - 147 1 66 



CHAPTER XI 



FOXES AND THE EVERLASTING QUESTION 



How some foxes were well looked after No cause, no conflict 

 Give and take Commercial aspect of hunting and shoot- 

 ing The fox tax Suggestions Foxes and partridges 

 Rabbits, foxes, and birds Which pays the labourer better, 

 hunting or shooting ?- - 167 181 



CHAPTER XII 



TYPES OF SHOOTERS 



The interfering shooter The 'sketchy' shooter The late guest 

 The perfumed shooter The 'winger' The man in 

 weird raiment Some incidents The fidgety shooter 182 195 



CHAPTER XIII 



MY BROTHER KEEPERS 



Varieties of keeper The backbiting keeper ' Previous to a 

 cold' The privileged keeper The diplomatic keeper 

 Stock phrases Keepers as sportsmen The jealousy of 

 keepers The extravagant keeper The exaggerating 

 keeper The ' some ' birds keeper - - 196 213 



CHAPTER XIV 



BEATERS AND STOPS 



The shooter a beater appreciates Bad guns, bad beating The 

 beater question Beaters ancient and modern A beater's 

 business Host, keeper, and beaters Complaints of 

 beaters Poachers as beaters Stops Beaters' strikes 

 The beaters' lunch How to manage beaters The beaters' 

 supper - 214 231 



CHAPTER XV 



TRESPASSERS AND POACHERS 



A lady and her dog Primrose-pickers Egg-poachers Wilful 

 destruction of eggs A lump of coal Gipsies Inferences 

 An old shepherd Unsuspected poachers Plausible 

 excuses of poachers Poachers and policy - - 232246 



