CHAPTER XX. Golden Oriole.--Landrail.--House-martins in Trouble.-- Siskin.--Peacock and Red Admiral Butterflies.--Winchat's Nest.--Bitten by a Viper.--Viper and Snake.--Slow-worm. 137 CHAPTER XXI. Fishing.--Jimmy's Dodge.--Bream-fishing.--Good Sport.-- Fecundity of Fish.--Balance Float.--Fish-hatching.--Edith Rose.--A Night Sail. 149 CHAPTER XXII. Calling for Landrails.--Landrail Shamming Death.-- Yellow-Under-wing Moth and Wasp.--Dragon-Fly and Butterfly.--Stink-horn Fungus.--Sundew. 158 CHAPTER XXIII. Setting Night-Lines.--An Encounter with Poachers. 161 CHAPTER XXIV. Water Insects.--Aquaria. 165 CHAPTER XXV. Making a Fern Case.--Ferns.--Harvest Mouse.--Mole.-- Ladybird.--Grasses. 176 CHAPTER XXVI. The Life of a Fern. 185 CHAPTER XXVII. On the "War-path."--Rabbit-shooting.--Flapper-shooting.-- Duck-shooting.--Wood-pigeons.--Life in an Oak-tree.-- Burying-beetles.--Lace-wing Fly.--Stag-beetle.--Hair-worm. 194 CHAPTER XXVIII. Purple Emperor.--His taste for Carrion.--Woodpecker.-- Blue and Small Copper Butterflies.--Buff-tip Moth.--Moths at Ivy.--Strange-looking Caterpillars. 202 CHAPTER XXIX. How to Attract Perch.--Perch-fishing.--Pike.--Good Sport.--Plaster Casts.--Model Eggs. 209 CHAPTER XXX. Eel-fishing.--Setting the Nets.--Elvers.--The Merivale Float. 214 CHAPTER XXXI. Hawking. 220 CHAPTER XXXII. Heron-hawking.--Great Bustard.--Stock-Dove in Rabbit-hole.--"Dowe" Dogs.--Search for Bustard's Egg. 227 CHAPTER XXXIII. Water-hen swallowed by Pike.--Casting-net.--Trapping Water-hen for Bait.--A Monster Pike. 235 CHAPTER XXXIV. Fishing on Stilts.--A Capsize.--Wild-fowl Shooting.-- A Flare-up. 239 CHAPTER XXXV. Punt-shooting on Breydon.--A Narrow Escape. 242 CHAPTER XXXVI. Drifted to Sea.--A Perilous Position.--Rescue. 246 CHAPTER XXXVII. The Broad Frozen.--Skating.--Fish Frozen in Ice.--Birds Frozen to the Ice.--Ice Ships. 249 CHAPTER XXXVIII. The Thaw.--Cromer.--Prehistoric Remains. 251 CHAPTER XXXIX. The Boys' Note Book. 253 CHAPTER XL. The Regatta.--The "Waterlog's" Victory. 259