Hares, 58, 59, 208; and small holdings, 265; curious accidents 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; and grassland, 93; and June, 137, 141; and peasants, 93; and peewits, 92, 93; and policemen, 214; and rain, 139; cocks and hens, 129; French, 75-77; hatching of their eggs, 139; perseverance 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 Snow, 281 Sparrow-hawks, 10, 62 Sporting terms and others, 63-65 Squirrels, 27, 29 Starlings, roosting, 204 Stoats, 172, 236, 240; and weasels, the difference, 254; yellow and white of, 25 Stock-doves, 62 Swedes, warts on, 163 Tipping, 2, 243, 304 Trapping, 22, 23, 24, 26, 176, 178 Traps, 24, 25, 26, 32, 33 Truffles, 206 Underwood, 226, 227, 241, 242 "Velveteens," 104 Vermin, lists of, 18, 19, 20, 26 Walking-up partridges, 180 Warts, from shooting, 297 Wasps, 264, 265 Water, and game, 142-145; for birds and beasts, 133 Weasels, 25, 173, 254 Weather-wisdom, 282, 283 Wines, home-made, 183, 184 Wire, and game, 135, 136, 253 Woodcock, 195, 196, 197, 295; and woodcock owls, 195, 196 Woodman, 79, 80 Wood-pigeons, 4, 5, 63, 157, 293 PRINTED BY BALLANTYNE & COMPANY LTD Tavistock Street Covent Garden London