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
A Final Story 302
Careful Wives 303
"What Her was Like" 304