CONTENTS.

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[CHAPTER I.]1

Greeting.—The Broad District.—Hickling Broad.—Felling a Tree.—Dodging the Swallows.—Shooting the Crossbills.—The Boat-house.

[CHAPTER II.]8

Stuffing the Crossbills.—The proposed Yacht.—An impaled Woodcock.

[CHAPTER III.]13

A Momentous Decision.

[CHAPTER IV.]14

Digging for Pupæ.—Dick Carleton.—Metamorphoses of Butterfly.

[CHAPTER V.]20

Building the Yacht.—The Launch.—Great Crested Grebe's nest.—A floating Coot's nest.—Golden Crested Wrens.—Their Migration.—The Flight of a Heron.

[CHAPTER VI.]31

Mr. Meredith.—"Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might."—A Botanical Lecture.—The Goat Moth.—Blowing up a Tree.—An astonished Cow.—Caterpillars in the Wood.

[CHAPTER VII.]36

A Trial Sail.—Preparing for a Cruise.—Charging a Reed Bed.—An explosion of Birds.—The First Adventure.—Orange-Tip Butterfly.—No Salt.—How Salt is obtained.

[CHAPTER VIII.]43

An Eerie Night.—A Ghostly Apparition.—The Barn Owl.—A Will-o'-the-Wisp.—The Ruff and Reeve.—Snaring Ruffs.—A Nest.—Wroxham Broad.—Mud-boards and Leaping-pole.—Wild Duck's Nest in a Tree.

[CHAPTER IX.]51

Chameleon.—Light-coloured Eggs.—Sitting Birds have no Scent.—Forget-me-nots.—Trespassing.—The Owner.—A Chase.—Capture.—Pintail Duck.—Drumming of Snipe.—Swallow-tail Butterfly.—A Perilous Adventure.

[CHAPTER X.]63

Moonlight.—Instinct and Reason.—Death's Head Moth.—Bittern.—Water-rail.—Quail.—Golden Plover.—Hen-Harrier and Weasel.—Preserving Bird-skins.

[CHAPTER XI.]75

To the Rescue.—A Long-tailed Tit's Nest.—A Shower of Feathers.

[CHAPTER XII.]79

Yarmouth.—The "Rows."—A Stiff Breeze.—An Exciting Sail.—Sparrow-hawk's Nest.—A Nasty Fall.—Long-eared Owl.—Partridge.—Sandpiper.

[CHAPTER XIII.]88

A Grizzly Bear.—Gossamers.—Strike only on the Box.

[CHAPTER XIV.]92

Oulton Broad.—Lateeners.—Lowestoft.—Ringed Plover's Nest.—Oyster-catcher.—Shore-fishing.—A Perilous Sail.

[CHAPTER XV.]97

Animals which never die.—A Wonderful Tip to his Tail.—Thunderstorm.—Swan's Nest.—Bearded Tit.—Reed-wrens and Cuckoo.

[CHAPTER XVI.]104

Old School-fellows.—Tom-Tit's Nest in Boot.—Nuthatch.— Wryneck.—Ant-hill.—Marsh-Tit.—A Comical Fix.

[CHAPTER XVII.]113

The Boat-race.—Winning.—Mr. Marston.—Nightingale and Nest.—The noise of the Nightingales.

[CHAPTER XVIII.]121

A queer Umbrella.—Visit to Scoulton Gullery.—Driving Tandem.—Running away.—Black-headed Gulls.—Collecting the Eggs.—Carp.—Wood Argus Butterfly.—Scarlet Pimpernel.—Grasshopper Warbler.—Chiff-Chaff.—Gall-Fly.—Robins' Pincushions.

[CHAPTER XIX.]132

Back again.—Taken in Tow.—Bobbing for Eels.—Glow-worms.—Home.—Urticating Caterpillars.

[CHAPTER XX.]137

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.

[CHAPTER XXI.]149

Fishing.—Jimmy's Dodge.—Bream-fishing.—Good Sport.—Fecundity of Fish.—Balance Float.—Fish-hatching.—Edith Rose.—A Night Sail.

[CHAPTER XXII.]158

Calling for Landrails.—Landrail Shamming Death.—Yellow-Under-wing Moth and Wasp.—Dragon-Fly and Butterfly.—Stink-horn Fungus.—Sundew.

[CHAPTER XXIII.]161

Setting Night-Lines.—An Encounter with Poachers.

[CHAPTER XXIV.]165

Water Insects.—Aquaria.

[CHAPTER XXV.]176

Making a Fern Case.—Ferns.—Harvest Mouse.—Mole.—Ladybird.—Grasses.

[CHAPTER XXVI.]185

The Life of a Fern.

[CHAPTER XXVII.]194

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.

[CHAPTER XXVIII.]202

Purple Emperor.—His taste for Carrion.—Woodpecker.—Blue and Small Copper Butterflies.—Buff-tip Moth.—Moths at Ivy.—Strange-looking Caterpillars.

[CHAPTER XXIX.]209

How to Attract Perch.—Perch-fishing.—Pike.—Good Sport.—Plaster Casts.—Model Eggs.

[CHAPTER XXX.]214

Eel-fishing.—Setting the Nets.—Elvers.—The Merivale Float.

[CHAPTER XXXI.]220

Hawking.

[CHAPTER XXXII.]227

Heron-hawking.—Great Bustard.—Stock-Dove in Rabbit-hole.—"Dowe" Dogs.—Search for Bustard's Egg.

[CHAPTER XXXIII.]235

Water-hen swallowed by Pike.—Casting-net.—Trapping Water-hen for Bait.—A Monster Pike.

[CHAPTER XXXIV.]239

Fishing on Stilts.—A Capsize.—Wild-fowl Shooting.—A Flare-up.

[CHAPTER XXXV.]242

Punt-shooting on Breydon.—A Narrow Escape.

[CHAPTER XXXVI.]246

Drifted to Sea.—A Perilous Position.—Rescue.

[CHAPTER XXXVII.]249

The Broad Frozen.—Skating.—Fish Frozen in Ice.—Birds Frozen to the Ice.—Ice Ships.

[CHAPTER XXXVIII.]251

The Thaw.—Cromer.—Prehistoric Remains.

[CHAPTER XXXIX.]253

The Boys' Note Book.

[CHAPTER XL.]259

The Regatta.—The "Waterlog's" Victory.

[CHAPTER XLI.]264

The Conclusion.