INDEX
Acorns, 234, 235
August, 159
Badger, 121, 122, 254, 255
Barren birds, 162
Beaters, 41, 233, 275;
compensation for wounded, 244
Birds, at mating-time, 60
Blackbirds, 123
Broody hens, 73
Bullfinches, 122, 123
Cats, 29, 30, 96, 123, 133, 263, 264
Cattle, in woods, 112, 113
Chalk-pits, 255, 256
Christmas shooting, 294, 295
Clues, 161
Cornfields, inhabitants of, 163;
sport in, 167
Covert-shooting, 262, 263, 271
Crows, 49
Cubbing, 181, 182
Cubs, 8, 9, 59, 149, 150, 151, 178, 190, 191, 286
Cub-snatching, 89, 90
Dog-dealing, 199
Dogs, for ratting, 98;
poachers', 16, 17
Dog-washing, 153
Dormice, 208, 230
Doves, 156, 157
Duck, 159
Fear and flight, 46, 47
Feathers, 130
Ferrets, 95
Fieldfares, 37
Foxes, 8, 9, 60, 149, 245, 248;
and pheasants, 124, 246;
and ferrets, 256;
and rabbits, 45;
and snares, 245, 247;
how to keep from nests, 153;
in corn, 167;
on shooting days, 268, 269;
trapping, 23, 24;
turned down, 119
Foxgloves, for dog-washing, 155
Fur, changes of colour, 25, 26
Game, and motors, 125;
and wire, 135, 136;
and water, 142
Gamekeeper, 6, 11, 17, 26, 30, 41, 81, 82, 103, 131, 132, 141,
144, 208, 227, 228, 287, 289, 290-292, 297-304;
and marriage, 13, 14;
and new berth, 14;
appearance of, 210;
as advertiser, 14;
as chorister, 103;
as cook, 6, 116, 117;
as dog-dealer, 199;
as gardener, 6, 9-11;
cottage and pets of, 3, 4;
dress of, 104, 300;
dinner of, 7;
ethics of, 5;
larder of, 5-7;
holidays of, 12, 13, 209-211;
in North and South, 15;
position, wages, privileges, and perquisites of, 1-3
Gipsies, 215
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
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Transcriber's Note
Minor typos corrected. Missing Section breaks added. Original book used Sidenotes for each topic, they have been converted to Section Headers.