CONTENTS. 



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PREFACE vii 



I. MY GARDEN SUMMER-SEAT 9 



II. MY POND 49 



III. MY WOOD 74 



IV. THE DELIGHTS OF HEDGEROWS .... 96 

 V. UP IN THE MORNING EARLY ... 109 



VI. WITH THE NIGHTINGALES AT THE VICARAGE . 1 35 



VII. "THROUGH THE WHEAT" 1 47 



VIII. MY FAVOURITE SUMMER-HOUSES . . . 160 



IX. THE VILLAGE WELL 1 86 



X. RUSHES .190 



XI. BEES AND BEE-KEEPING ... ig5 



XII. STILL WATER .205 



XIII. A SCOTTISH TROUT STREAM . . . . 2IO 



XIV. AN ENGLISH STREAM .... . 238 

 XV. WILD DUCKS, WATER-BIRDS, AND SEA-FOWL . 252 



XVI. ASHESTIEL AND SIR WALTER SCOTT . . .272 



XVII. IN DURHAM AND NEAR IT 277 



XVIII. IN COQUETDALE 289 



XIX. ABOUT WOOLER 307 



APPENDIX. 



I. IMITATIVE BIRDS AND THE NIGHTINGALE'S SONG 319 



II. THE VOLES 328 



III. THE WOODPECKER'S TONGUE . . 330 



IV. THE ROOKS . . 332 



V. FEET OF THE DIPPER AND COOT .... 334 

 INDEX 335 



