INDEX. 
A. 
Animals, Fancies taken by, 185 
>>  Tameness of, on Sundays, 212 
Anser albifrons, 204 
Ardsheal, Fishing off, 96 
Arran, Mortality of Sea-birds off Isle 
of, 235 
Asses, Wool on heads of young, 217 
Avon, Effect of Kill-devil on the 
(Devonshire), 26 
»  Fly-fishing on, 56 
> Jack will take artificial bait 
freely in (Hampshire), 20 
B. 
Babies, Down on forehead of, 217 
Badger, Ineffectual attempt to poi- 
son, 177 
Bait for Jays, 244 
Baiting, for spinning, 12 
Baits for sea-fishing, England, 73 
39 5 Scotland, 74 
Bala, Kill-devil from, 23 
‘ Barley-bird,”’ 205 
Barn-Owl, harmless as regards game, 
248 
Belt, 102 
Birds, fascinated by human eye, 182 
>, Return of migratory, to same 
haunts, 194 
>, Plea for rare, 207—211 
> Rarer, Visitors to Isle of 
Wight, 203 
Bittern, 203 
Blackberries in winter, 151 
Black Viper, 172 
Boat-dress for wet weather, 100 
Bones, Fondness of cattle for, 178 
Bournemouth, Sea-birds found dead 
off, 235 
Brambles, Fishing off the, 98 
Brambling, 204 
Breeding-season, Influence 
birds, 154 
Brussels, Fish-ponds near, 38 
“ Bull-bird,”’ 206 
Bunting, Cirl, 204 
is Snow, 204 
Buntings, Visitation of, 197 
Button, Covering for Rod, 5, 6 
Buzzard, Death of, 192 
Buzzards, Anecdote as to breeding 
of, 193 
of on 
Cc. 
Caledonian Canal, 117 
Cap, Scatwell, 102 
Cape, 99 
Carp, Basking, 36 
», Eels and schylus, 37 
x, How to catch, 33 
>> Increase of weight in, 40 
» Large, 38 
» Noises made at night by, 48 
»> spawn devoured by birds and 
fish, 51 
y Spawning of, 50 
» taken with live minnow, 53 
3» Tame, 36 
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