WILD LIFE ON THE WING 
arrogance with which he 
broke all the accepted 
laws of their fieldcraft. 
Sometimes he crashed 
through the wood, gath- 
ering sticks and lopping 
branches noisily ; but at 
such times he was less to 
be dreaded than when he 
went quietly and only 
made his presence known 
by snap of twig or rustle 
of leaf. When Man ap- 
peared suddenly and 
silently within stone's 
throw, then he was most dangerous. Man 
had thunder and lightning at his command, 
and the hail which accompanied them laid 
blood-trails across Garrybrack. 
This Man had knowledge of woodcraft (as 
men know it), and he knew that a woodcock 
by the spring at dusk means a woodcock in 
Garrybrack next day. Accordingly he went 
thither early, accompanied by an old white 
spaniel who ranged over the dead leaves very 
scientifically. 
