Many Guardians 82 Mark's Day 84 The Old, Old Story 85 The Luck of Pheasant-Rearing 86 From Egg to Larder 88 Fine Eggs and good Mothers 88 The Cub-Stealing Shepherd 89 Lures and Charms 90 The Law and the Peewit 92 The Partridge and the Peewit 93 A Friend to Agriculture 93 The Rats in the Stacks 94 Thoughts on Rat-hunting 95 When Cats are Angered 96 Hunters' Thirst 96 Life-in-Death 97 Ideal Ratters 98 Ratting without Ferrets 100 SUMMER A Keeper Chorister 103 Velveteens 104 Owls and Hawks 105 The Bold Sparrow-Hawk 106 Nest and Young 108 The Keeper Outwitted 110 A Jackdaw Nursery 111 Detective Work 112 Cattle in the Woods 112 A Tragedy of the Woodlands 114 Fox and Partridge 114 A Study in Perseverance 115 The Hut in the Woods 116 Pheasant Chicks 117 The Roosting Habit 119 The Badger's Stealth 121 To Attract Bullfinches 123 Bird Warnings 123 A Rabbit's Fates 124 Game-Birds and Motors 125 Mysteries of the Nightjar 126 The Razor-grinder 127 A Ventriloquist 127 The Cock and the Hen 129 On Finding Feathers 130 When the Dog's Asleep 131 A Story of Rats 132 Blood and Water 133 The Untimely Opening 134 'Ware Wire 135 Witless Pheasants 135 Nature's Laws 136 The Partridge June 137 Favoured Pheasants 138 A Covey of Ancients 140 Keepers' Woe 141 Red-Legs 141 Water for Game-Birds 142 Ideal Coverts 144 The Thrist of Rabbits 145 Puppies at Walk 145 Schooling the Puppies 147 Dogs' Noses 148 The Thief of the World 149 The Cubs' Playground 151 A Fox's Feat 152 Dog-Washing Days 153 Shame-faced Cocks 155 The Turtle-Dove's Summer 157 The Lagging Landrail 157 The Truce Ends 159 The Thieving Jay 160 The Oldest Writing 161 Prospects 162