A Gamekeeper’s Note-book

About this book

A Gamekeeper’s Note-book by Owen Jones and Marcus Woodward.

Contents

• A GAMEKEEPER'S NOTE-BOOK7
• OWEN JONES AUTHOR OF "TEN YEARS' GAMEKEEPING"8
• PREAMBLE9
• LIST OF CONTENTS11
• SPRING11
• SUMMER13
• AUTUMN16
• WINTER17
• LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS21
• SPRING22
• The Keepers' Lot22
• Perquisites22
• Pets at the Cottage23
• Wood-Pigeons24
• The Keeper's Larder24
• Homely Medicines26
• The Earth-Stoppers' Feast26
• The Keeper's Garden27
• Keepers' Holidays29
• An Advantage of Marriage29
• The Keeper seeks a New Berth30
• In North and South30
• Poachers—31
• And their Dogs31
• Perfect Obedience32
• The Black List33
• A South-Country Record33
• Woodland Gallows34
• The Gallows Martyrs35
• Once Trapped, Twice Shy35
• Cunning Trappers36
• The Time to Catch a Weasel37
• Changes of Coats37
• The Vermin Bag38
• The Ways of Squirrels39
• The Squirrel's Appetite39
• The Departure of Cats40
• Skeletons and Cobwebs41
• The Persecuted Magpie41
• The Merciful Trap42
• The Rabbit in a Snare43
• The Sleep of Birds43
• Animals at Rest45
• Vigilant Fulfers45
• The Eyes of Wild Creatures46
• The Season's End46
• Beaters' Sport49
• Tailless Cocks50
• Preparations50
• Hungry Rabbits51
• To Save Underwood51
• Studies in Fear52
• The Rookery53
• When Rooks Build53
• Ways of the Crows54
• The Crow as Terrorist55
• Imperial Rooks55
• Rook-Pie55
• Birds for Stock56
• Old Hens57
• A Gamekeeping Problem58
• The Hare Poacher59
• March Hares60
• The Cubs' Birthday60
• Courtiers in Pens61
• When Hawks Nest62
• Love-Dances62
• Names that Puzzle Cockneys63
• Hares and their Young64
• Starving Birds65
• The Egg of Eggs66
• Pheasants' Eggs66
• Hens in Cocks' Feathers68
• About Nesting Pheasants68
• The Broody Hen69
• The Frenchmen's Nests71
• The Last of the Hurdlers71
• Hurdlers' Science72
• The Woodman73
• A Dying Race74
• Choice Nesting-Places74
• Hidden Nests75
• A Mutual Understanding75
• Many Guardians76
• Mark's Day77
• The Old, Old story77
• The Luck of Pheasant-rearing78
• From Egg to Larder80
• Fine Eggs and Good Mothers80
• The Cub-stealing Shepherd81
• Lures and Charms81
• The Law and the Peewit82
• The Partridge and the Peewit83
• A Friend to Agriculture83
• The Rats in the Stacks84
• Thoughts on Rat-hunting84
• When Cats are Angered85
• Hunters' Thirst85
• Life-in-Death86
• Ideal Ratters86
• Ratting without Ferrets88
• SUMMER90
• A Keeper Chorister90
• Velveteens90
• Owls and Hawks91
• The Bold Sparrow-Hawk92
• Nest and Young93
• The Keeper Outwitted94
• A Jackdaw Nursery95
• Detective Work95
• Cattle in the Woods96
• A Tragedy of the Woodlands97
• Fox and Partridge97
• A Study in Perseverance98
• The Hut in the Woods98
• Pheasant Chicks99
• The Roosting Habit100
• The Badger's Stealth101
• To Attract Bullfinches102
• Bird Warnings103
• A Rabbit's Fates103
• Game-Birds and Motors104
• Mysteries of the Nightjar104
• The Razor-grinder105
• A Ventriloquist105
• The Cock and the Hen106
• On Finding Feathers107
• When the Dog's Asleep108
• A Story of Rats108
• Blood and Water109
• The Untimely Opening110
• 'Ware Wire111
• Witless Pheasants112
• Nature's Laws112
• The Partridge June113
• Favoured Pheasants113
• A Covey of Ancients115
• Keepers' Woe115
• Red-Legs115
• Water for Game-Birds116
• Ideal Coverts117
• The Thirst of Rabbits118
• Puppies at Walk118
• Schooling the Puppies119
• Dogs' Noses120
• The Thief of the World120
• The Cubs' Playground122
• A Fox's Feat122
• Dog-Washing Days123
• Shame-faced Cocks124
• The Turtle-Dove's Summer125
• The Lagging Landrail126
• The Truce Ends127
• The Thieving Jay127
• The Oldest Writing128
• Prospects128
• Useful Work by Game-Birds129
• Life of the Cornfield130
• The Keeper's Hopes131
• Finding the Fox132
• Harvest Sport132
• The Luck of the Game133
• Rabbit-Catchers' Craft134
• Among the Corn134
• The Last to Leave135
• In the Woods135
• Weasel Families136
• Mother Stoat137
• Lurking-places138
• Studies in Stoat Ways139
• The First139
• Early Birds140
• Walking-up140
• Thoughts on Cubbing141
• Wines of the Country142
• AUTUMN144
• The Verdict of the Season144
• Weather to pray for145
• After the Opening145
• An October Day146
• Low Flight and High146
• Wily Grouse Cocks147
• Rewards for Cubs147
• "Various"—the Landrail148
• Sport amid the Shocks149
• "Mark"149
• The Keeper's Dogs150
• Woodcock Owls151
• Dogs that Despise Woodcock151
• Pets of Pigs152
• Some Deals in Dogs153
• Marked Birds153
• Colour-Changes in Feathers154
• Nature's Healing154
• A Little Story155
• Accidents to Hares155
• Hares no longer Speedy156
• Starling Hosts156
• Trials of a Copser157
• Wild Birds in Cages158

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