Rustic Wit 233 The Oak City 233 Acorns 234 Plump Rabbits 236 The Stoat's Hunting 237 Mysteries of Scent 238 The Axe in the Coverts 241 The Uses of Underwood 242 The Tipping System 243 Free Suppers for the Fox 245 Clues to the Thief 246 Muzzled by a Snare 247 Cunning Rascals 248 A Hunting Argument 249 The Clever Terrier 251 Born Retrieving 252 Some Sporting Types 252 Victims of Wire 253 Stoat or Weasel? 253 "The Horrid Badger" 254 Chalk-Pit Haunts 255 When the Fox sleeps 255 When Ferret meets Fox 256 February Rabbits 257 The Moucher's Excuse 257 When Hounds come 258 When Hounds are gone 259 Poachers' Weapons 260 Moles' Skins for Furs 261 Covert-shooting Problems 262 "Cocks only"--to compromise 262 What a Cat may kill 263 A Cockney Story 264 Hares in Small Holdings 265 The Sins of the Father 266 The Pheasants' Roosting-Trees 267 The Fox in the Storm 268 Foxes at Pheasant Shoots 268 Pheasants that go to Ground 269 Pheasants' Doomsday 270 The Hungry Retriever 270 The Old Wood 271 Memories of Muzzle-loaders 272 Relics of the Great Days 273 Cleaning a Muzzle-loader 274 The Knowing Beater 275 Old Friends 276 What Shepherds enjoy 277 Lives of Labour 277 In the Folds 278 Shepherds' Care 279 Winter Partridge-driving 279 The Fear of Snow 281 Hard-Weather Prophets 282 Weather-wise Beasts and Birds 282 Green Winters 284 What Rainy Days bring 285 Cubs at Christmas 286 Work for Rainy Days 287 The Old Lumber 288 When Foxes mate 289 A Keeper's Dreams 290 A Death-bed Vision 291 Christmas Sport 292 Cunning Cock Pheasants 293 A Dish of Greens 293 Christmas Shoots 294 Woodcock Talk 295 Spare the Hens 296 A Free-and-Easy 297 A Keeper's Ghost-Story 298 Old Friends in Velveteen 300 The Converted Shepherd 302