[1] In “Ianto the Fisherman, and Other Sketches of Country Life.”
INDEX.
- Animals, wild, awakening from hibernation, [146]
- ——, ——, dislike rain, [428]
- ——, ——, feet made tender by hibernation, [154]
- ——, ——, habit of sociable, [160]
- ——, ——, keeping to old haunts, [298]
- ——, ——, selfishness of, [318]
- Ant, habits of queen, [156]
- ——, habits of yellow, [65], [66]
- Autumn, bird-migration in, [12]
- Badger, and fox-hounds, [349]
- ——, and stoat, [323]
- ——, attempt to unearth, [367-373]
- ——, fondness of, for honey, [335], [336], [345]
- ——, food of, [305], [310-313], [324], [335]
- ——, mocked by birds when abroad in daylight, [309]
- ——, persecuted for supposed sheep-killing, [353-355]
- ——, regular habits in returning to “set” at dawn, [350]
- ——, sociability of, [332], [333]
- ——, winter habits of, [340], [341]
- Badger-cub, and wasps, [337]
- ——, caught in trap, [326], [327]
- Badger-cubs, at play, [301], [302], [346]
- ——, closely confined by parents, [303]
- Badger-cubs, dying from distemper, [338]
- ——, less nervous than fox-cubs, [321]
- Badgers, at play, [359]
- ——, carrying bedding to “set,” [361]
- ——, reconnoitring before young leave “set,” [415]
- ——, sulking at home if suspicious of danger, [422]
- ——, two families inhabiting same “set,” [359]
- Bank-voles, and kestrel, [147]
- ——, colony of, [147]
- Basset-hounds, described, [278]
- ——, hunting with, [280-282]
- Bell, use of, hung round ram's neck, [18]
- Blood, significance of fresh-spilt, [75]
- Bob, the black-and-tan terrier, [55-62]
- Character, differences of, in animals of one species, [64]
- ——, human, developed by independence of action, [23]
- Collie, sheep-killing, [354-356]
- Dabchick, oar-like wings of, [12]
- Ducks, wild, at play, [31]
- ——, ——, wedge-shaped flight of, [32]
- “Earth,” fox's artificial, [194]
- Fear, how it affects wild creatures, [401]
- Field-vole, and carrion crow, [165]
- ——, and fox, [164]
- ——, and kestrel, [148], [149]
- ——, and owl, [144], [145], [157], [167], [175]
- ——, and weasel, [137], [140]
- ——, avoiding rabbit's “creeps,” [160]
- ——, enemies of, [164]
- ——, food of, [137], [142], [143], [154], [155]
- ——, hibernation of, [145], [146], [150]
- ——, home of, [149]
- ——, limbs of, cramped by winter sleep, [153]
- ——, restlessness of, in spring, [157]
- Field-voles, described, [162]
- ——, harvesting seeds, [141], [142]
- ——, plague of, [173], [174]
- ——, stung to death by adder, [172]
- Fox, see also [Vixen]
- ——, and hedgehog, [382-384]
- ——, and moorhen, [400]
- ——, and wasp, [229]
- ——, avoiding traps, [236]
- ——, burying rat, [184]
- ——, careful not to sleep on straight trail, [237]
- ——, careful not to tread on rustling leaves, [220]
- ——, entering “breeding-earth” when close pressed, [191]
- ——, finding hen's nest in hedgerow, [182]
- ——, fight with rival, [227]
- ——, hating jays and magpies, [234]
- ——, knowledge of the countryside, [238], [428]
- ——, luring rabbits, [403]
- ——, methods of hunting rabbits, [180]
- ——, robbed of spoil by vixen, [183]
- ——, seeks mate, [225]
- ——, taught by mate, [227]
- Fox-cub, chased by lurcher, [222]
- ——, cleanly habits of, [212]
- ——, described, [203]
- ——, food of, [218], [235]
- ——, killing hare, [219]
- ——, killing polecat, [215], [216]
- ——, stealing chickens, [24]
- Fox-cubs and partridges, [211]
- ——, at play, [412], [422-426]
- ——, eagerness of, for flesh, [209]
- Foxes, method of preparing “breeding earth,” [232]
- Fox-hound, “rioting” on cold scent, [189]
- Fox-hunt, [186-193]
- Frogs, devoured by otters, [35]
- Geese, wild, [31]
- Gipsy, seeking hedgehogs, [387-389]
- Hare, and renegade cat, [288]
- ——, and peregrine falcon, [265], [266]
- ——, and poacher, [276], [285], [286]
- ——, bravely defends young, [265]
- ——, covered with fur at birth, [245]
- ——, dislikes entering damp undergrowth, [274]
- ——, does not wander far in wet weather, [258]
- ——, food of, [248], [249], [251], [260]
- ——, “form” described, [245]
- ——, killed by lightning, [291]
- ——, “leaping places” of, [434]
- ——, method of fighting among males, [264]
- ——, netted by keeper, [255]
- ——, productiveness of, probably influenced by food supply, [276]
- ——, recklessness of, in early spring, [263]
- ——, running through flock of sheep, [283]
- ——, suffers from want of exercise, [259]
- ——, suffers less from frost than from rain, [260]
- ——, swims across river, [273]
- ——, winter habits of, [287]
- ——, withholds scent when hard pressed, [283]
- Hedgehog, and fox, [382-384]
- ——, and moorhens, [400], [401], [403-405]
- ——, and owl, [385]
- ——, and terrier, [388]
- ——, food of, [394], [395], [398], [399]
- ——, haunt of, [377]
- ——, killing snake, [396], [397]
- ——, nest of, [379], [389]
- History, vicissitudes of, affecting wild animals, [329]
- Hounds, miscellaneous pack, [54], [83]
- Hunt, rival, [60]
- ——, village, [77], [78], [83]
- Huntsman, feeding fox-cubs, [209]
- Ianto, the fisherman, [28], [30], [83], [429-442]
- Joker, the bob-tailed sheep-dog, [54], [55], [58-60]
- Kestrel, attacking field-voles, [148]
- ——, preying on bank-voles, [147]
- Man, dreaded by wild animals, [13], [40]
- ——, senses dulled by immunity from fear, [72]
- Mange, attacking carnivorous animals, [212]
- March, great changes to wild life in, [263]
- Minnows, playing about ledges of rock, [103]
- Moorhen, eluding terrier, [61]
- ——, killed by otter, [32]
- Mouse, singing, [82]
- Nature, haunted by Fear, [75]
- ——, spirit of restlessness in, [156]
- Night, described, [3], [85], [86]
- ——, spiritual influence of, [85]
- —— -watching, difficulties of, [427]
- —— - ——, methods of, [410]
- Otter, and big trout, [106]
- ——, and dabchick, [12]
- ——, and “red” fish, [101]
- ——, and water-vole, [86-89], [101]
- ——, fighting terrier, [42]
- ——, food of, [15], [35], [47], [48]
- ——, hunting methods of, [20]
- ——, inhabiting drain-pipe, [9]
- ——, in winter, [15], [47]
- ——, migrating to sea, [46]
- ——, playing in heavy stream, [33], [34]
- ——, position of, when sleeping, [33]
- ——, related to weasel, [22]
- —— -cub, capturing salmon, [22]
- ——, described, [21]
- ——, learns to swim, [9]
- —— -cubs, at play, [11]
- —— -hounds, [36]
- —— -hunt, [37-39], [41-44], [84]
- Owl, brown, described, [385], [386]
- ——, and fox-cub, [205], [214]
- ——, and water-vole, [88], [89]
- ——, attacks hedgehog, [385], [386]
- ——, preying on field-voles, [157]
- Owls, as friends of farmer, [169]
- Owls, inhabiting farm buildings, [7]
- Philip, the poacher, [429-443]
- Polecats, enemies of young hedgehogs, [384]
- Rabbit, burrowing in badgers' “set,” [314], [315]
- Rabbits, clearing tracks, [418]
- Rat, brown, attacked by water-voles, [123]
- ——, ——, habits of, [64], [110]
- —— -hunting, by riverside, [58-60]
- Rats, migration of, [110]
- “Redd” of salmon, [99]
- Salmon, migration of, [95], [96]
- —— -fishing, experiences in, [26-30]
- —— -pool, seldom visited, [25]
- —— -spawn, destroyers of, [99]
- —— - ——, guarded by salmon, [98], [100], [101]
- Sheep-dog, and otter, [17]
- Sorrel, as medicinal herb for wild animals, [335]
- Sport, winter, [54]
- Squirrel, harvesting only ripe seeds and nuts, [105]
- ——, inquisitive, [92]
- Stoats, following rats in migration, [110]
- Stone-fly, [20]
- Teal, [31]
- Terrier, worsted by otter, [44]
- Thrush, autumn song of, [24]
- ——, defending young against hedgehog, [405]
- Trick, poacher's, to capture hare, [276]
- Trout, an old, carnivorous, [95]
- ——, habit of, in spring, [19]
- Viper, attacked by hedgehog, [397]
- ——, enemy of young hedgehogs, [398]
- Vixen, dispossessing another of “breeding earth,” [201]
- ——, life spared by hounds, [219]
- ——, routing terrier from “breeding earth,” [191]
- Vixen-cubs, quicker to learn than fox-cubs, [210]
- Voles, see [Bank-voles], [Field-voles], [Water-voles]
- Water-shrew, described, [93]
- ——, food of, [93], [94], [106], [107]
- ——, habits of, [93], [94]
- Water-vole, and otter, [86-89]
- ——, and owl, [89], [118]
- ——, and trout, [94], [125]
- ——, as singer, [79-82], [89]
- ——, constructing nest, [121], [122]
- ——, described, [121]
- ——, enemies of, [79]
- ——, food of, [71], [105], [106]
- ——, habits studied, [80]
- ——, home of, [68], [69], [103], [109], [110], [119], [126]
- ——, love episodes of, [117-120]
- ——, methods of fighting, [119], [123]
- ——, winter storehouse of, [105], [109], [126]
- Water-voles, attacking brown rat, [123]
- Weasel, ferocity of, [76]
- ——, food for fox-cub, [213]
- Weasels, following rats in migration, [110]