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INDEX 



HARES, 58, 59, 208 ; and small 

 holdings, 265 ; curious acci- 

 dents to, 202, 203, 225 



Harvest mice, 167, 208, 209 



Hawks, 18, 61, 62, 105 



Hedgehogs, 166, 173, 206, 231 



High birds, 189 



Homely medicines, 7, 8 



Honeysuckle, cause of accidents, 

 204, 205 



Hounds, 145, 259, 260 ; " finding," 

 190, 191 



Hunting, 249 



Hurdle-making, 77, 78 



JACKDAWS, 111 

 Jays, 160 



LANDRAIL, 157, 191, 192 



Leverets, 65 

 Long-netting, 219, 220 



MAGPIES, 31, 49 



" Marking," 193, 194, 195 



Moles, 261 



" Mothering," 117 



Moucher, 257 



Muzzle-loaders, 272 



NESTING-SITES, 73, 80, 81 



Nightjar, 125, 126 



Nutters and gamekeeper, 207, 208 



OWLS, 105, 205 



PARTRIDGE, flying with broken 



wing, 201 



Partridge-driving, 279, 280, 292 

 Partridges, 60, 61, 92, 93, 114, 

 133, 134, 140 ; and dry summer, 

 133 ; and foxes, 114 ; andgrass- 

 and, 93 ; and June, 137, 141 ; 

 and peasants, 93 ; and peewits, 



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92, 93 ; and policemen, 214 ; 

 and rain, 139 ; cocks and hens, 

 129 ; French, 75-77 ; hatching 

 of their eggs, 139 ; persever- 

 ance of, 115, 116 ; young and 

 old, 129 



Pheasant and young, 117, 118 



Pheasants, 10, 40, 41, 43, 53, 54, 

 55, 56, 68, 71, 73, 119, 124, 138, 

 155, 156, 185, 187, 269, 293, 296 ; 

 food-bill, 225 ; rearing by hand, 

 85-89 



Pied birds, 199 



Pigs, 198 



Poachers, 15, 57, 180; dogs of, 

 16, 17; traps to catch, 111, 

 112; weapons of , 260 



Policemen, sporting, 214, 298 



Prospects, 161-163 



Puppies, 146, 147, 197, 252 



RABBITS, 124, 257 ; and snares, 

 33, 34 ; as perquisites, 5 ; in 

 autumn, 211-213; pressed for 

 food, 44, 45 ; when fattest, 236 



Rats, 22, 94, 99, 131, 222 



Rat-catching, 90, 91 



Ratting, 98, 100, 102; without 

 ferrets, 100 



Red-legs, 141 



Retrievers, 148, 206, 207, 270, 

 271 



Ride-trimming, 172 



Rooks, 47, 66 



SCENT, 238 ; and retrievers, 148 



Shepherd, the, 276-279, 302 



" Shocks," shooting among, 192, 



193 



Sight, of birds and beasts, 37, 38 

 Sleep, of birds and beasts, 34 

 Snares, 33, 34 



