CONTENTS

CHAP.PAGE
I.The Earthstopper under the Stars[1]
II.The Fox-Hunt[14]
III.Fox-Hunting, as it was in the Days of Queen Bess, quoted from Carew’s Survey of Cornwall, 1565[34]
IV.The Otter—Tracking the Wily Varmint[36]
V.The Otter, continued—The Earthstopper’s Vigil[48]
VI.The Otter, continued—The Otter at the Lake[64]
VII.The Otter, continued—The Hunt[71]
VIII.The White Badger of Cairn Kenidzhek—The Earthstopper in Doubt[85]
IX.The White Badger of Cairn Kenidzhek, continued—The Earthstopper Angry[100]
X.The White Badger of Cairn Kenidzhek, continued—The Badger’s Capture and Escape[112]
XI.The Hare—Life Story of the Jack of Bartinney[130]
XII.The Hare, continued—Digory Strout and Farmer Pendre[145]
XIII.The Hare, continued—The Course[152]
XIV.A Midnight Visit to the Seal-Caves[167]
XV.Reminiscences of Boyhood’s Days[186]
XVI.Bass Fishing at the Land’s End[206]
XVII.Ned’s Tale of the Birds[221]
Glossary[235]